Demonoid.com Shut Down - again - by CRIA

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As of 06:00am EST, the website at demonoid.com and demonoid.cc are showing the following message:

The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because of this it is not possible to keep the site online. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding.

This is not the first time Demonoid has been shut down. In September of 2007, Demonoid.com was shut down without warning, and remained offline for over a week with no explanation. Ultimately, it was revealed that the company hosting the Demonoid servers had caved to pressure from the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) and had shut down access to the Demonoid servers.

Unfortunately, that seems to be the same case, this time, although it is believed that the Demonoid administrators took the site down, semi-willingly, rather than be forced offline as before. It is unknown whether or not the site administrators will attempt to re-open at a later date. Demonoid.com administrators could not be reached for comment.

As of 6:30am EST, the demonoid tracker still reports a status of “working” on seeded torrents, although several seeders are reporting no connected peers and no upload traffic for the past several hours.

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9 Responses to “Demonoid.com Shut Down - again - by CRIA”

  1. alek says:

    I am still downloading just fine. No upload though… weird

    November 9th, 2007 at 9:03 am
  2. catgravy says:

    this is a email i sent to the CRIA voicing my opinion about the closure of demonoid

    yea i said it. you guys are assholes and make me sick just like the
    rest of the fucking industry.

    The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because
    of this it is not possible to keep the site online. Sorry for the
    inconvenience and thanks for your understanding. - (citing demonoids
    closure)

    why don’t you mind your own business and leave the file sharers alone.
    they aren’t hurting the industry - you are with your narrow bullshit
    actions.

    November 11th, 2007 at 10:19 am
  3. Fyre says:

    @catgravy

    Actually, it has been proven that the dramatic increase in file sharing HAS had an effect on recording artists/the music business. Granted, it is nowhere NEAR as pronounced as they want you to believe (artists are still doing fine, so are the producers, etc…), but it has had an effect.

    Not to put too fine a point on it, by the way, but emails that begin the way your’s does do nothing to help the cause. They only serve to incense and inflame those who make our lives difficult. The more pissed off they get, the more shit they will want to rain down upon us. Take a more reasonable tone and approach, and think things through before you send anything.

    November 11th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
  4. Magesh says:

    Hai,
    catgravy,Fyre,alek.
    It is due to the fact that illegal immediate torrent made on the product reliesed.(IITPR).It is an act on law.Dont worry they know how to reopen the site.

    And by da by ,Can any one send my the invitation for

    November 11th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
  5. Magesh says:

    Hai,
    catgravy,Fyre,alek.
    It is due to the fact that illegal immediate torrent made on the product reliesed.(IITPR).It is an act on law.Dont worry they know how to reopen the site.

    November 11th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
  6. Ivan says:

    Whats the point in shutting them down? Did you know that 1/3rd of all of web traffic is said to be torrent download traffic… SO what’s the point? join ‘em don;t fight them.

    November 13th, 2007 at 10:12 am
  7. Phillip says:

    We are heading into a world of total information freedom. While file sharing seems to be the seedy underbelly of such a revolution, it’s a necessary evil. Torrent’s are the most revolutionary protocol created as it dramatically reduces the strain on high traffic servers. While a lot of activity is illegal, a lot of it is not. It is a wonderful vessel for new artists and aspiring programmers to get their products out in the open with zero advertising overhead. The recording industry may have been affected, but I don’t see Sugar Ray or Garth Brooks going bankrupt anytime soon.

    November 19th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
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