Private trackers shuting down....

Post by **nightwalker** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:53 pm

Well first was suprnova, then was oink, now its demonoid.
http://digg.com/tech_news/Demonoid_Shut ... y_the_CRIA

Well I hope they dont shut down UG thats my santuary. We are all just a bunch of guys with a bunch of old games. hehe

Post by **Mozgus** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:24 pm

Has UG so much as been warned? I doubt it will happen. It's gatta be at the bottom of their list.

And Suprnova was public, not private.

I even made a mention of Demonoid's death on my site, since it carried some of my projects. I'm ganna have to reupload them somewhere else.

Post by **claudio** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:10 pm

looks like im going to have to go to chinese torrents soon, luckily m wife is from china, i knew i married her for a reason.

Post by JC » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:21 pm

There seems to be a trend of these type of busts/raids happening right around the Christmas period. To me, it seems like big organisations like the RIAA are just thinking about maximum profit in holiday season, so that's why a lot of these sites bite the dust around this time. I wouldn't be surprised if we see the same sites, and/or several new ones pop up within the new year.

Post by **executioner** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:59 pm

Damm this is sad for demonoid, really liked that one and even bought a t-shirt last month. Guess they were too big, they should do something like the pirate bay did.

Post by **mason** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:08 pm

i don't think they will and there were even rumors before that demnoid wasn't a safe site. I hope someone else makes a site just like demonoid.

Post by **Mozgus** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:29 pm

mason wrote:i don't think they will and there were even rumors before that demnoid wasn't a safe site. I hope someone else makes a site just like demonoid.

Well, in the IRC channel, one of the ops flat out stated in the channel title for a while that Demonoid WILL come back in some form no matter what.

Post by **opethfan** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:37 am

That articles 2 months old and wrong. They're simply blocking access from Canada (pussys!).

Post by **Adderall** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:46 am

um.... they're not blocking anyone now.

"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."

My proxy from elsewhere can't get in either, so I know they're not just blocking the U.S. either.

Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:11 pm

What really sucks about when Demonoid shut down, that half of the torrents thats uploaded in public torrent sites are like now dead.