Demonoid controversy: update
p2pnet news | P2P:- The “demonoid downtime caused quite some controversy, especially after the popular Dutch news site nu.nl reported that the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) was responsible,” says Torrentfreak.
Was the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association of America) indeed able to intimidate Demonoid’s ISP? – p2pnet wondered, going on:
… it may have scored against BitTorrent tracker Demonoid.
As we said at the time, ‘May have’ was the operative phrase and Torrentfreak’s Ernesto says he contacted the Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG RIAA clone, as well as Demonoid’s ISP, to confirm the story, “but they didn’t want to respond to these allegations”.
“In addition, we tried to get an official response from Deimos, the founder and the head admin of Demonoid, unfortunately without any result,” he says, adding:
The general consensus in the Demonoid IRC channel now is that the downtime is caused by hardware issues, and that the site will probably return within a few days.
Others still think that the Canadian ISP took Demonoid offline after they received legal threats (from the CRIA), but this is just speculation at this point. Demonoid’s ISP said earlier that it would not hesitate to pull the plug on Demonoid if they had to, however, this explanation is less plausible now because the trackers still run on the same IP. This indicates that the servers are still hosted by their Canadian ISP.
It is great to see that the second largest BitTorrent tracker is back in action. Thousands of torrents stopped responding when the tracker went down, frustrating over a million BitTorrent users. I guess it’s time to finish these torrents.
Stay tuned.
Also See:
Torrentfreak – Demonoid Trackers Back Online, Site Still Down, September 29, 2007
p2pnet wondered – Demonoid IS NOT DEAD!, September 27, 2007
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September 29th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Well that is good news!
September 29th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Yes, *of course* it was us that took it down.
If it was really “hardware issues”, then don’t you think they could have put up some little server to state this on their home page? Instead, you get a satisfying page not found error message. Lovely!
Also, isn’t it funny how no one’s talking? No one will confirm either way? Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Oh, the uncertainty, the anxiety, the wringing of hands!
This is it, guys. p2p file sharing, which is unauthorised by us of course, is going down and staying down.
Think about it…
September 29th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Jon – RIAA rep us becoming very tedious.
September 29th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
“Jon – RIAA rep us becoming very tedious.”
Yes, he is.
RIAA rep, you’ve had your fun and now I’d really appreciate it if you’d drop it. You can still post virtually the same stuff without the cover.
Cheers! And thanks …
Jon
September 29th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Awe shucks, Jon, it was such great fun! Getting all those muppets worked up over my comments was really funny and it got some great threads going and people thinking.
Also, on a slightly more serious note, my comments were actually a parody of how I feel the RIAA shitheads really think – and some posters got the gag (cheers guys!) I do believe the RIAA think as obnoxiously as that and simply don’t come out with those sort of comments because they’d be crucified.
I’m proud that I managed to get some amazing post counts and get people to discuss and think about the news items, even if most of those comments were just to flame the troll…
So many news stories go unremarked or have only one or two posts, which seems a shame, as you are virtually the only site to expose these scum for what they are, I’d hope for more vocal support.
BTW, which post did you delete from the demonoid update thread? I see it went from 148 posts to 147.
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And in the meantime, demonoid is still down, suckers!
Oops, sorry!! Bit of schitzo there.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
“I managed to get some amazing post counts”
this isn’t about you.
and it’s definitely NOT about post counts.
get a life.
September 30th, 2007 at 2:19 am
jon has already asked you nicely to stop.
you’ve had your fun, although no one else thought it funny.
this isn’t your own private soap box. go find another message board to be your playground.
September 30th, 2007 at 4:02 am
Can we please stop goofing around, and actually discuss the news items rather then being immature little bastards? Anyways, I’m honestly hoping that Demonoid will be back soon. I *sniff* sort of miss it. I’m sorry, but TPB is OK, but Demonoid was great.
September 30th, 2007 at 4:11 am
Hardware issues? Well, when your hardware is seized by law enforcement, that’s really an issue!
September 30th, 2007 at 5:54 am
I CANT belive your still trying to ‘GRAB’ attention?RIAA?…….ive been serching for any NEWS since i have just woke up(10.30am lol)and all i can read is this piss-ant voiceing HIS PATHETIC remarks…….telling us your an asshole,dickhead ect?WHY?we already know this!!!Do sonthing interesting with your life-like GET 1……and WHEN demonoid is back online find me and ill give you an invite.
Its ok I forgive you…..
Now seroiusly…..still no word from anyone?
Im sure the guys/gals can get demoniod back up!!(i know it takes time-and respect that also)Feeling like a cyber refugee. lol
DEMONOID!!!!!!!!!
September 30th, 2007 at 7:56 am
Anonymous posting is allowed here —- anyone can say anything. But when it degenerates into sillyness, as with the RIAA rep and people answering, enough is enough. It takes attention away from the central issues.
We have real troll invasions: we don’t need fake ones: they’re playing right into the hands of the entertainment cartels.
So henceforth, I’ll delete any Reader’s Writes I see along the lines of RIAA rep, and posts responding to them.
Sorry, but ……..
Cheers!
Jon
September 30th, 2007 at 8:11 am
” Now seroiusly…..still no word from anyone?
Im sure the guys/gals can get demoniod back up!!(i know it takes time-and respect that also)Feeling like a cyber refugee. lol ”
No word, but the TRACKERS seem to be up again, though the site itself is down.
September 30th, 2007 at 9:51 am
Tracker has been working fine since sometime yesterday afternoon.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Anonymous posting is allowed here —- anyone can say anything. But when it degenerates into sillyness, as with the RIAA rep and people answering, enough is enough. It takes attention away from the central issues.
We have real troll invasions: we don’t need fake ones: they’re playing right into the hands of the entertainment cartels.
So henceforth, I’ll delete any Reader’s Writes I see along the lines of RIAA rep, and posts responding to them.
Sorry, but ……..
Cheers!
Jon
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Seems fair enough, Jon. Please note that you haven’t seen me post any “pro RIAA” parody since your polite notice yesterday and I apologize on behalf of the muppets that made all those purile remarks using this identity.
As I said at the top, my apparently obnoxious comments as RIAA rep were a sarcastic parody of how I feel the RIAA really think of us. It’s just that when people didn’t get the gag and started flaming me, well, it all got a bit too tempting to just keep winding them up higher and higher… lol
Once again, for the record, I do hope demonoid comes back, although this situation is worrying.
September 30th, 2007 at 11:41 am
for anyone interested…
demonoid is back online.
September 30th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Demonoid, is back online
September 30th, 2007 at 11:44 am
This is what is seen instead of Demonoid in Canada :
We received a letter from a lawyer represeting the CRIA, they were threatening with legal action and We need to start blocking Canadian traffic because of this. If you reside in Canada, that is the reason you are being redirected to this message. Thanks for your understanding, and sorry for any inconvenience.
September 30th, 2007 at 11:51 am
demonoid:
“We received a letter from a lawyer represeting the CRIA, they were threatening with legal action and we need to start blocking Canadian traffic because of this.
Thanks for your understanding, and sorry for any inconvenience.”
September 30th, 2007 at 11:58 am
canadians:
use fake proxy generators.
September 30th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Yep, the Canadians are going to have to use proxies just to access the site. That sucks….it seems the net as we know it is under attack from the idiotic media madfia worse than before!
October 1st, 2007 at 6:10 am
Don’t know why a million folks had their torrents stop…..even if the tracker was down ….DHT kept all the torrents going.
October 2nd, 2007 at 7:45 am
I guess I was on of the few people who actually got the fact that RIAA Rep was joking.
“you’ve had your fun, although no one else thought it funny”
I disagree there, I got the joke from the get go and found it hilarious. I don’t understand why so few people today seem to have any understanding of sarcasm. It is easy to say that the RIAA sucks, what RIAA Rep did was show just why they suck by parodying them brutally. I wish someone would make a movie parodying the RIAA/MPAA or Bush like Chaplin and the Stooges mocked Adolf Hitler.
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:09 am
Hi Mike:
It WAS funny – for a while. But IMHO, it went on for too long and lost its appeal, like all jokes which are hammered to death.
cheers!