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Demonoid Back Online
NyghtcrawleR | 9:13 PM on 04.12.2008 26 comments




Officially as of yesterday, Demonoid has opened its doors back up and is back online. Demonoid shut down almost 5 months ago due to threats by the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association). Demonoid had been hosting its servers in Canada due to the legality up there (eh?!). The CRIA didn't take that lightly and I'm sure the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) had a part in it too.

The message posted by Demonoid was simply, "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."

From that point on the users of Demonoid were left in the dark guessing and wondering if the site would ever come back online or if it was down for good. Most had hope and small hints that it would return.

Well, finally yesterday the site went live again after moving its servers and tieing up the lose ends that were required.

Some of you may not agree with torrent sites and so forth. I, for one, am a full supporter. That doesn't mean I condone piracy, which is the main reason torrent sites are frowned upon, but there is also plenty of legal and free things you can download from sites such as Demonoid as well.

Some may also ask, "What's so special about Demonoid?" A worthy question I would say. A few reasons actually. If anyone is familiar with torrent sites most are not very well moderated and usually you are just downloading blind hoping the file is what you just searched for. Demonoid does a few things other torrent sites don't. Firstly, it posts torrents in a blog format. This allows you to see a description of the torrent and any comments people might have including thank yous and help if needed. The site also is very well known for killing and fake torrents or bad torrents quickly. Users can report bad torrents and if thats the case they will be killed accordingly.

That leads into the next big part of Demonoid, the community. The community is what really makes Demonoid what it is. It allows for that "torrent moderation" and the community feel that Demonoid has. Something no other torrent site has. The site is also has limited registrations meaning that you have to get in when they open registration or get an invite from a current member. Without being a member you can still search and download newer torrents, but there is a cutoff date. Anything older than that you need to belong to the site to download the file. Some may think its not worth it, but trust me in that it is. Once you've experienced you will understand what I mean.

It also doesn't hurt that Demonoid is known for also finding more obscure or hard to find torrents. So, with all that said get back on Demonoid and start torrenting (the legal kind of course ).



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bluemeep's Destructoid Blog
I can't help but be curious as to where their servers finally landed. Partly from honest curiousity, but partly because I don't want another outage...
NyghtcrawleR's Destructoid Blog
I believe they are now in the Ukraine.
Conrad Zimmerman's Destructoid Blog
Best private tracker ever.
Resonance's Destructoid Blog
This is fantastic news, cheers for the info.
NyghtcrawleR's Destructoid Blog
Actually its not a private tracker. The tracker is public, the site is private. If you want to get technical maybe semi-private, but it is the best, yes. :)
ConsFEARacy's Destructoid Blog
YESSSSS! You, my friend, have just brought me the best news of the night! All account information, stats, etc. was saved too...Nice!
Xelotath's Destructoid Blog
I find fully private trackers better for the speed but it's hard to seed because everyone and their mother seed non stop so it's hard to keep a good ratio.Anyway, Demonoid is really nice and I'll go back on it soon.
Wexx's Destructoid Blog
This is great news and all, but I still don't have an account :P
PrinceofCannedPeaches's Destructoid Blog
Canada has a recording industry?
NyghtcrawleR's Destructoid Blog
They do. Not sure how much they put out....haha
ConsFEARacy's Destructoid Blog
@Wexx or anyone else:

I happen to have an invitation code sitting in my account control panel. Just let me know if any of you would like one.
KamikazeTutor's Destructoid Blog
INVITE!!!
ConsFEARacy's Destructoid Blog
Done!
Revolt in Colour's Destructoid Blog
Sweet. Hope I can remember my account info.
weedgan's Destructoid Blog
As much as I think demonoid is a good thing, it really drives piracy to a new level.

Good for people, bad for devs.

Not a doubt in my mind the demonoid is opne of the most popular torrent sites ever, ecspecailly for games.
EternalDeathSlayer's Destructoid Blog
Piracy is usually a bad thing.....

But good for you anyway. It's not like piracy is going to end, so enjoy I suppose.
ConsFEARacy's Destructoid Blog
Nevermind folks, guess I still got that invitation code...there is a report that it might not work though...don't know why the hell not.
NyghtcrawleR's Destructoid Blog
You can just generate new invites for each one you send out.

@weedgan
I'm not so sure demonoid drives piracy any farther than it already is. If one site goes down, new ones go up or try to take its place, places like The PirateBay or Mininova...

The thing about Demonoid is out of all the sites, its the most community driven and better setup than all of them. Technically its not the most popular as other sites host more torrents, but usually a crapload of garbage. Sure you think that would deter people, but it doesnt because they dont know any better.

Piracy in general hurts the industry, but I honestly dont see Demonoid making it better or worse, its just one option out of the many. Torrent sites spring up and close shop. Like I said if ones not there, another appears even if it isnt as well setup as Demonoid, as really no other torrent site is.
Electro Lemon's Destructoid Blog
Found out yesterday. So glad. If anyone wants an invite, just PM me. I've got quite a few.
lucashoal's Destructoid Blog
Welcome back old friend <3
MrSadistic's Destructoid Blog
Oh Demonoid, how I missed thee. Don't ever leave me again baby.
l0cke's Destructoid Blog
If anyone wants to send me an invite I would like that
MATTFOO's Destructoid Blog
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MajinFro's Destructoid Blog
Holy Crap. This site was my source for older than dirt Marvel Comics and I died a little the day it went down.
Pariah's Destructoid Blog
torrentleech.org for "scene" releases ftw.


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