Three key Demonoid domains are now up for sale, less than two weeks after the BitTorrent site was taken down in a coordinated effort.
The Ukraine-based site was taken offline earlier this month apparently when local authorities contacted its Internet service provider, Colocall, and forced the ISP to shut down the service’s servers. Demonoid was among the Web sites included in the U.S. government’s “Notorious Markets List,” which was created to identify “markets, including those on the Internet, which exemplify the problem of marketplaces dealing in infringing goods and helping sustain global piracy.”
Three of its domains – demonoid.me, demonoid.com, and demonoid.ph. – are available for purchase on domain marketplace [url “http://www.sedo.de/search/details.php4?domain=demonoid.me&et_sub=18&partnerid=14457&et_cid=36&et_lid=7482&origin=parking&language=us”]Sedo.
Interpol and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said they worked together to take down the site, which was ranked in the top 600 Web sites in global traffic and the top 300 in U.S. traffic.
“Demonoid was a leading global player in digital music piracy which acted as unfair competition to the more than 500 licensed digital music services that offer great value music to consumers while respecting the rights of artists, songwriters and record companies,” Jeremy Banks, director of anti-piracy for the [url “http://www.ifpi.org/”]IFPI, said in a statement. “The operation to close Demonoid was a great example of international cooperation to tackle a service that was facilitating the illegal distribution of music on a vast scale.”
Colocall, however, said it decided to terminate Demonoid’s service on its own accord.
The takedown led international hacking group Anonymous to promise to [url “http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57490538-83/anonymous-promises-revenge-for-the-takedown-of-demonoid/”]bring down its wrath on the Ukrainian government and use “any means necessary” to restore Demonoid.
Anonymous is bad ass. I’d hate to be on the receiving end of their wrath.
I’m kinda sad I’m not computer savvy like that, I’d love to help but it’s probably better 'cause I’d probably get myself in trouble.
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grmpysmrf
yeah…i’m wondering what they’re going to do with all the account information? -_-
Anonymous is bad ass. I’d hate to be on the receiving end of their wrath.
I’m kinda sad I’m not computer savvy like that, I’d love to help but it’s probably better 'cause I’d probably get myself in trouble.
Late,
grmpysmrf
same, i’d love to help :P. how would you ever get into it, though? it’s not like they openly look for people…how would you ago about getting into contact with them? they probably come to you ;).
yeah…i’m wondering what they’re going to do with all the account information? -_-
Are you thinking they’re going to try to prosecute millions of people?
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grmpysmrf
[reply]yeah…i’m wondering what they’re going to do with all the account information? -_-
Are you thinking they’re going to try to prosecute millions of people?
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grmpysmrf[/reply]
maybe not all, but a sizable chunk? perhaps the top X percentage that downloaded the most? or maybe the uploaders? who knows what those fuckers will do.
[reply]Anonymous is bad ass. I’d hate to be on the receiving end of their wrath.
I’m kinda sad I’m not computer savvy like that, I’d love to help but it’s probably better 'cause I’d probably get myself in trouble.
Late,
grmpysmrf
same, i’d love to help :P. how would you ever get into it, though? it’s not like they openly look for people…how would you ago about getting into contact with them? they probably come to you ;).[/reply]
you just do what you can from what I understand. I’m pretty sure they’re based out of 4chan so you just follow the threads.
I know they they trolled the fuck out of Mtn Dew by making sure the top votes for their new flavor were “Hitler did nothing wrong”, “Moist nugget,” and “Diabeetus”
needless to say Mtn Dew suspended their new flavor naming campaign.
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grmpysmrf
maybe not all, but a sizable chunk.
I think I only downloaded Maybe 6 or so things from there. Hopefully I’m in the clear. although, I had a +2 something rating cause I would forget to disconnect and just constantly seed.
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grmpysmrf
4chan is exactly what happens when everyone drops their books at the same time at exactly the same moment, but doesn’t know wtf to do after it happens.
Anonymous does not = 4chan. There are ties, but Anonymous is just that. An anonymous collective of assholes who have nothing better to do but fuck with others. Although, sometimes, their intentions are pretty humorous, and usually have nothing to do with going against internet piracy.
That’s the problem with a group of strangers…you don’t know who to go to in order to prove the actual intentions.
Yeah, always delete the torrent after the download had finished.
BitTorrent was working yesterday, I know that.
Bummer, Demonoid was my go-to torrent site.
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Ahh shit. I’ve downloaded craps load of stuff from there. Haha also no wonder I couldn’t open up demonoid. I thought there was something wrong with my browser xD. Fucking gay.