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For the metal band, see Demonoid (band). Demonoid is a Swedish Extreme metal band founded in 2002 that derives its influences from traditional Death metal, Thrash metal
Demonoid
Image:Demonoid.jpeg
URL demonoid.com
Type of site Semi-private torrent tracker
Registration Sporadic registration periods for new members
Owner Umlauf
Created by Deimos (retired)
Launched April 21, 2004
Current status Online

Demonoid is a website and BitTorrent tracker that was originated by an individual known only by the pseudonym Deimos. Uniform Resource Locator is an URI which also specifies where the identified resource is available and the protocol for retrieving it Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A BitTorrent tracker is a server which assists in the communication between peers using the BitTorrent protocol. The website indexes torrents uploaded by its members. It was the second largest[1][2] and second most used public tracker for over a year,[3] the 403rd most popularly ranked website in July 2007 according to Alexa,[4] and had an estimated 3 million peers in September 2007. Alexa Internet Inc is a California -based Subsidiary company of Amazon [3] The site went off-line on November 9, 2007 due to alleged legal threats from the Canadian Recording Industry Association. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Canadian Recording Industry Association is a Non-profit trade organization that was founded in 1964 to represent the interests of Canadian companies On April 11, 2008 the site was brought back on-line. A news announcement was posted on the homepage announcing that site had a new administrator due to the departure of Deimos, who reportedly left the position because of personal reasons.

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Membership

The website features a publicly accessible search tool. Previously, membership had been required to download more than 3 torrents per week or to download torrent files older than a few days. Registration is opened periodically when resources permit. Users have the ability to create a limited number of invitation codes to send to others during closed registration periods. [5]

Demonoid tracks and displays users' upload/download ratios but takes no action against users with low ratios. [6] Demonoid previously banned users with low ratios, but stopped doing so due to the ratio system being inaccurate for some users. [7]

Features

Demonoid categorizes torrents under Anime, Applications, Audio Books, Books, Comics, Games, Miscellaneous, Movies,[8] Music,[8] Music Videos, Pictures, or TV. They disallow the uploading of pornographic material and possible viruses from the files uploaded. [8] 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. RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works – such as Blog entries news headlines audio and video – in a standardized These RSS feeds link to the Demonoid page and not directly to the torrent file. RSS plug-ins for the various BitTorrent clients are not able to directly download the torrent file and begin the file sharing. A BitTorrent client is a program that manages torrent downloads

Although Demonoid removed torrents over a year old on August 4, 2006 to free tracker resources, the site had over 199,629 user submitted torrents indexed as of October 21, 2007. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Legal issues

Twelve cease and desist letters to users of Demonoid were found in a July 2007 study by Slyck.com. A cease and desist (also called C & D) is an order or request to halt an activity or else face legal action Slyckcom is a popular website dedicated to File sharing. It offers news reviews and opinion and has very active user forums [9]

In the Netherlands

On June 26, 2007, Demonoid went down for hardware failures, supposedly unrelated to concurrent legal issues. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [10][11] Demonoid's ISP Leaseweb had been ordered by the Dutch police to take down the website. An Internet service provider ( ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a company which primarily offers their customers access to the Internet The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Later, the Dutch anti-piracy organization Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland filed a subpoena against Leaseweb, demanding that Demonoid be taken down[10][12] with a penalty of €50,000 per day otherwise. The Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland ( BREIN) translates roughly as Entertainment Industry Rights Protection (association of the Netherlands. [13] Leaseweb, after delaying as long as possible, divulged to BREIN the name, address, and banking information of the registered owner of Demonoid. com, and signed the cease and desist demand. A cease and desist (also called C & D) is an order or request to halt an activity or else face legal action [13] It is unclear whether Leaseweb treated this in the same manner in which they appealed for another client, Everlasting. nu. [13][14]

Planning for this, Demonoid moved to Laval, Quebec, Canada to avoid BREIN's jurisdiction. Laval ( IPA læˈvæl is a City and a region in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Greater Montreal Area. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page [15] The time needed to relocate was speculated to be the real reason behind the downtime,[10] with BREIN describing it as a game of hide and seek. Hide and seek (abbreviated HandS, sometimes also called hide and go seek) is a variant of the game tag, in which one or more players search for the other [16]

In Canada

On September 25, 2007, the Demonoid website, forums and trackers went off-line. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [17][1] They came back four days later with the exception of the website, which came back the day after. Over the next few days, the website continued experiencing intermittent downtime[18] until October 2. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule The explanation as widely speculated[19] was that they had received a letter from a lawyer for the Canadian Recording Industry Association threatening legal action. The Canadian Recording Industry Association is a Non-profit trade organization that was founded in 1964 to represent the interests of Canadian companies [18] Demonoid began blocking Canadian traffic,[20] a strategy similar to that taken by isoHunt and TorrentSpy in blocking American traffic to avoid RIAA complaints. isoHunt is a BitTorrent index with over 1 million torrents in its database and 16 million TorrentSpy was a popular BitTorrent indexing Web Site. It tracked torrent files (which were hosted externally and provided a forum to comment on them The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [18][21] Visitors from Canadian-based IPs would be redirected to the downtime version of the website, which contained an explanation of the legal threats. An Internet service provider ( ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a company which primarily offers their customers access to the Internet

The threats are in spite of the open question of the legality of music file sharing in Canada. Canada has the greatest number of file sharers per capita in the world according to a report by the OECD. [20][22] The CRIA has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement despite Demonoid's claims. The Canadian Recording Industry Association is a Non-profit trade organization that was founded in 1964 to represent the interests of Canadian companies [2]

On November 9, 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 on-line. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Canadian Recording Industry Association is a Non-profit trade organization that was founded in 1964 to represent the interests of Canadian companies Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding. " According to the IRC channel, the trackers themselves were not affected. [20] Six days later, the placeholder page was updated with a link to a new forum, unrelated to file sharing, for the community. An, or message board, is a Bulletin board system in the form of a discussion site On November 29, 2007, Deimos posted on that forum a problem preventing the site from coming back up:

"Money is an issue, but the real problem at the moment is finding a suitable place to host the website. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. There has been no luck there. And there's some personal stuff I need to take care of that takes most of my time at the moment, and that does not help. "

Current status

On April 10, 2008, Deimos stepped down as the administrator of Demonoid, citing a number of reasons and "distraction with real-world issues"[23] as the cause. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common He also stated that he has "handed the reins over to a new administrator - a close friend of mine, which I trust completely and has the knowledge and time to take care of the site. " Over the course of the next few days, RSS feeds for the site came back online and by April 16, 2008 a mass email was sent out to all Demonoid users to advise that the site was "finally back online. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common " The servers are located in Ukraine. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe.

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