Demonoid shut down by authorities

07 Aug 12 21:42 by in category Uncategorized

First it was the Pirate Bay, now it seems one of the biggest remaining torrent sites on the Internet, the Ukrainian based Demonoid.com, has been shut down by Ukrainian authorities.

Acting on instructions from Ukraine’s Division of Economic Crimes, who had earlier received a request from the international police organisation Interpol, the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs raided Demonoid’s host servers.

Colocall (Demonoid’s ISP) agreed to pull the plug and then provided access to the data for investigators.

The BBC provides further information on this here.

19 Comments on Demonoid shut down by authorities

tmc8080
Posts: 965
Posted on: 07 Aug 12 22:02
No doubt the severs are encrypted.. but anywho.. that doesn't stop Demonoid from opening up shop somewhere else.. of course they had backups, right??

This was inevitable... once you're on the top 10 list.. you're a prime target.. I'm surpised they haven't taken down others on the top ten.. Isohunt, H33t, Torrentz, KAT, etc...

Storm clouds are gathering.. I suspect they're not done for the year on torrent site takedowns.. several other sites will be under attack soon.

However, if Demoid can get their sever up again before the end of the year, that would be kool.. Particularly in October..

;->
debro
Posts: 13329
Posted on: 08 Aug 12 05:20
*Bam*

A huge database of registered users, download logs & seeding quota .. an interesting development ...
paulw2
Posts: 312
Posted on: 08 Aug 12 09:34
Wonder if Ukraines been offered a FTA with the US recently??
CharmedonWB
Posts: 111
Posted on: 08 Aug 12 12:10
When will it be time to take down the blasted auhtorities...
Wombler
Posts: 9578
Posted on: 08 Aug 12 14:18
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Originally Posted by debro View Post
*Bam*

A huge database of registered users, download logs & seeding quota .. an interesting development ...
Indeed and it will be interesting to see if a whole string of prosecutions arise from this further on down the line.


Wombler
DukeNukem
Posts: 1606
Posted on: 08 Aug 12 17:59
Demonoid is down? Dammit. I, umm, have a friend who goes there.
alan1476
Posts: 18358
Posted on: 08 Aug 12 19:00
They had alot of legal torrents also, I cant see how they can just shut them down.
ChristineBCW
Posts: 1299
Posted on: 08 Aug 12 20:52
I was reading some modern Pacific histories, and one writer talked about the 1970 UN votes to kick Taiwan out. Taiwan argued, but left. Fine, take Red China. Then, Taiwan turned around and stopped observing copyrights and threatened even patent dissolution. "Since we're not a country, why not? Since we're unworthy-?!!"

What an interesting notion! Obviously, they relented to some degree, but there are always countries that don't have extradition treaties, won't be held accountable by rival entries' legalities or rulings.

Off-shore banking gets away with all kinds of money-laundering, tax havens, etc. How can Internet Policing be more effective than tax and currency laws?

Oh yeah. "Who makes the money? How much can they bribe me with?" The real questions in the real world.
Mr. Belvedere
Posts: 18833
Posted on: 09 Aug 12 09:38
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Originally Posted by debro View Post
*Bam*

A huge database of registered users, download logs & seeding quota .. an interesting development ...
Oh noes! What on earth shall we do.
tmc8080
Posts: 965
Posted on: 09 Aug 12 22:23
Odds demonoid will be back by October 31st ish?
debro
Posts: 13329
Posted on: 10 Aug 12 00:36
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Originally Posted by tmc8080 View Post
Odds demonoid will be back by October 31st ish?
What are the odds that they buy a small pacific island nation and set up a server by .. oh ... tomorrow?
tmc8080
Posts: 965
Posted on: 10 Aug 12 15:50
In theory, if they had a complete backup of the servers which was recent enough, they could have been back online the next day (after a high speed upload & verify of the data).

Obviously, this is probably not the case or there are other circimstances which are not known to the public as of yet.. My guess is, there are specific threats of criminal prosecution/extradition hanging over torrent owners' and admins heads should they be arrogant enough to put the servers back online...

Nevertheless, if demonoid doesn't go back online by the begining of next year... that clearly is an opening for new torrent sites to get into the game, so to speak..
coolcolors
Posts: 6487
Posted on: 11 Aug 12 02:38
Sounds more and more like a fishing expedition for nothing more then harassing free enterprise... didn't the US Repukes talk about free market and enterprise would now shut down business doing the very same business model they tout to support. It's only if you pay them then you can be free market and enterprise business model. What a load of
Kenshin
Posts: 13160
Posted on: 12 Aug 12 01:34
Quote:
Originally Posted by ChristineBCW View Post
I was reading some modern Pacific histories, and one writer talked about the 1970 UN votes to kick Taiwan out. Taiwan argued, but left. Fine, take Red China. Then, Taiwan turned around and stopped observing copyrights and threatened even patent dissolution. "Since we're not a country, why not? Since we're unworthy-?!!"

What an interesting notion! Obviously, they relented to some degree, but there are always countries that don't have extradition treaties, won't be held accountable by rival entries' legalities or rulings.

Off-shore banking gets away with all kinds of money-laundering, tax havens, etc. How can Internet Policing be more effective than tax and currency laws?

Oh yeah. "Who makes the money? How much can they bribe me with?" The real questions in the real world.
Taiwan may not be a country... but it is still the world's hardware capital. South Korea gave up long ago competing against Taiwan in PC motherboards, graphic cards, sound cards, modems, laptops, PDA's, tablets, smartphones... - though there are some LG and Samsung smartphone factories in South Korea as profitability remains very high and average hourly wage in those factories is still around US$3 (it's like five to ten times higher for automobile factories.)

Anyway, I didn't know about Demonoid until reading this thread.
srsrbs
Posts: 2
Posted on: 15 Aug 12 16:28
That's a pity - it was actually one of the better sites.
SkyNett
Posts: 2
Posted on: 15 Aug 12 20:07
What a shame demoinoid had great archive.
Let's hope that it will come back soon somehow
coolcolors
Posts: 6487
Posted on: 16 Aug 12 06:24
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Originally Posted by SkyNett View Post
What a shame demoinoid had great archive.
Let's hope that it will come back soon somehow
Put this way take one down many more pop up to replace it...that's the reality of the net they are fighting a loosing battle but are in real denial they are the dead end business model....
redmyce
Posts: 2
Posted on: 20 Aug 12 11:43
Demonoid was the king and will always be. No other service offers the data they had and as for comics and books, demonoid is the undisputable king!
ChristineBCW
Posts: 1299
Posted on: 20 Aug 12 15:44
It's interesting to see that "Mexican connections" were being mentioned in the press about D's ownership. I was wondering when all the beheadings would eventually lead to, uh, diversification.
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