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| '''Demonoid''' is a ] set up by an anonymous ] known only as Deimos.<ref></ref> The website indexes torrents uploaded by its members. These torrents can then be searched and the content shared using the ] ] protocol. | '''Demonoid''' is a ] set up by an anonymous ] known only as Deimos.<ref></ref> The website indexes torrents uploaded by its members. These torrents can then be searched and the content shared using the ] ] protocol. | ||
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| Type of site | Semi-private torrent tracker with sporadic registration periods for new members |
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| Owner | Deimos |
| Created by | Deimos |
| URL | http://demonoid.com/ |
| Registration | Yes |
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Demonoid is a BitTorrent tracker set up by an anonymous Serbian known only as Deimos. The website indexes torrents uploaded by its members. These torrents can then be searched and the content shared using the peer to peer BitTorrent protocol.
According to the site itself, Demonoid is currently offline due to action from the CRIA, with a placeholder page stating: "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".
Demonoid is one of the largest BitTorrent trackers and its torrents are often found on other BitTorrent search engines.
Membership
The website features a publicly accessible search tool. Previously, membership was required to download more than 4 torrents per week or to download torrent files older than a few days, but the requirement was later removed. Registration is opened periodically when resources permitted. Users have the ability to create a limited number of invitation codes to send to others during closed registration periods.
Demonoid tracks and displays users' upload/download ratios but takes no action against users with low ratios. Demonoid previously banned users with low ratios, but stopped doing so due to the ratio system being inaccurate for some users.
Features
Demonoid categorizes torrents under either Anime, Applications, Audio Books, Books, Comics, Games, Miscellaneous, Movies, Music, Music Videos, Pictures, or TV. Many categories have various subcategories or divisions that allow a search to be more specific.
Demonoid features RSS with different feeds for each category and sub category to keep users aware of the latest torrent posted on the site. These RSS feeds link to the Demonoid page and not directly to the torrent file. RSS plugins for the various bitTorrent clients are not able to directly download the torrent file and begin the file sharing.
Although Demonoid removed torrents over a year old on August 4, 2006 to free tracker resources, the site had over 199,628 user submitted torrents indexed as of October 21, 2007.
Legal
June 26, 2007
On June 26 2007 Demonoid went down for supposed hardware failures, though earlier their ISP Leaseweb had been ordered by the Dutch police to take down the website. Later, the Dutch anti-piracy organization BREIN filed a subpoena against Demonoid’s ISP in which they demanded that the site be taken offline.
September 25, 2007
On September 25 2007 the Demonoid website, forums and Bittorrent trackers went offline. On September 29 2007 the Demonoid trackers came back online, although the main site remained offline. On September 30 2007 at approximately 18:00 GMT the main site came back online. The official explanation as stated on Demonoid was as follows:
"We received a letter from a lawyer representing 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.
Over the next few days the website continued experiencing intermittent downtime until coming back to full functionality on October 2, 2007. Visitors from Canadian-based IPs continue to be redirected to the same downtime message which cited legal threats from the CRIA as the reason for the block. This is in spite of Judge Konrad von Finckenstein of the Federal Court ruling in March 2004 that such peer-to-peer exchanges were legal in Canada. Despite Demonoid's claims, the CRIA has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement .
November 09, 2007
As of November 09 2007, the website was shut down with a placeholder page stating:
"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."
According to the Demonoid IRC channel, the tracker is still working, and they expect the site to be back up soon:
Welcome to #Demonoid | Site is down, tracker is intermittent (sometimes up, sometimes down), No Current ETA is known. That is all we know...DON'T ASK | Alternate forums at www.demonoiders.com. Expect the site to return, unless we hear otherwise from Deimos.
External links
- Demonoid.com Official Site
- Demonoid.cc Backup Site
- Demonoiders.com Alt. Forums
Note: Both domains Demonoid.com and Demonoid.cc are offline showing the same placeholder page.
References
- Demonoid FAQ: Which software does Demonoid use?
- "Demonoid website". Retrieved 2007-11-11.
- Demonoid FAQ: Why is the registration closed periodically?
- "Demonoid FAQ: Stats". Demonoid. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- "The Ratio & Demonoid ~ Hot News". Demonoid Forum. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- Ernesto (2007-06-27). "Anti-Piracy Organization Tries to Shut Down Demonoid". TorrentFreak. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - http://www.demonoid.com/ Demonoid 30th Sept 2007
- "Online music swapping legal: court". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
- "Demonoid.com". Retrieved 2007-10-09.
- "Demonoid IRC Channel". Retrieved 2007-10-10.
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