File-Sharing site Demenoid taken down by Ukraine authorities.

[DreDayDetox]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/large-bitto...010516586.html

Ukrainian authorities have shut down Demonoid.com, one of the largest websites used to share movie, TV, music and other files with BitTorrent peer-to-peer technology.


Investigators raided ColoCall, the data centre in Ukraine that hosts Demonoid's servers, last week, sealing the site's servers and copying information off them, the website TorrentFreak reported.


The raid came a few days after a large denial-of-service attack overloaded Demonoid servers and crippled the site.
Demonoid is what is known as a torrent tracker, meaning it facilitates communication between users uploading and downloading torrent files with the help of free client software such as Vuze, µTorrent or BitTorrent.


The torrent system of sharing files breaks files up into fragments, which are shared simultaneously and in both directions among a number of peers, who then can continue to share the file once they have a complete copy of it.
Trackers have servers that actively co-ordinate these file transfers, which makes them differ from torrent index sites, or indexers, which simply compile links to trackers and act as a type of search engine for torrent files.
Some BitTorrent sites, including Demonoid, act as both trackers and indexers.


Hundreds of torrent websites exsist, but Demonoid was one of the most frequented. The web metrics site Alexa.com ranked it among the top 600 websites in the world in terms of traffic and the top 300 in the U.S.


If past shutdowns of similar sites, including the popular Pirate Bay, are any indication, the Demonoid closure is unlikely to significantly curb torrent file sharing as users switch to other trackers or wait for Demonoid to emerge in a new incarnation or be replaced by new sites.


TorrentFreak reported that Demonoid had tried to get around violating Ukrainian copyright law by blocking domestic IP addresses from accessing it. But that was apparently not enough to keep the authorities away.


One of Demonoid's administrators was arrested in Mexico last fall, and it was that arrest that led Interpol to contact Ukrainian authorities and request that they shut down the site's servers in Ukraine.


TorrentFreak cited reports in the Russian newspaper Kommersant that speculated that the raid might also have been an attempt to show U.S. authorities that Ukraine is getting tough on copyright infringement.


Demonoid is one of several torrent tracker and index sites flagged by U.S. authorities as a "notorious market" in which pirated goods are reportedly available.


A U.S. government document listing notorious markets says that while torrent trackers and indices can be used for lawful purposes, they also facilitate the dissemination of copyrighted content.


The Demonoid raid is only the latest of several crackdowns on file sharing. In January of this year, U.S. and New Zealand authorities shut down the popular website Megaupload, which allowed users to store and share files on servers that can be accessed remotely. It also appears on the U.S. notorious markets list.


Megauplaod owner Kim Dotcom (as he is officially known) and six of his partners were arrested in New Zealand at the request of U.S. authorities. They allege the site's operators were profiting from the theft of copyrighted content through user fees and advertising, and want them extradited to the U.S. to face charges of copyright infringement, racketeering, money laundering and other offences.


Law enforcement officers seized millions of dollars in assets from the operators of the site, including luxury cars, jewelry and jet skis, although a New Zealand judge later ruled that the seizure was unlawful, and police admitted they made procedural errors when carrying out the search warrant.


The U.S. government's case against Megaupload has been fraught with controversy and missteps. A New Zealand judge hearing the extradition request against Dotcom was forced to step down after he referred to the U.S. Justice Department as the "enemy" in a talk on copyright law.


The extradition hearing has since been postponed to March 2013.


Another judge overseeing the matter in the U.S. recently questioned whether the case will ever make it to trial in the U.S. since the company had not been officially served with papers in the U.S. formally charging it with the alleged offences.

How much you wanna bet the US has Ukraine in their pocket. Fuck.

[Shibby]

As long as pirate bay is up and running, whatever.

[PeanutButterMunky]

I use private trackers anyway... but Demonoid will be missed.

As long as pirate bay is up and running, whatever.

The webmaster has been a very good ninja so far... but...

[DreDayDetox]

Also, last I checked, the rich are still rich.

[PeanutButterMunky]

Also, last I checked, the rich are still rich.

I know, right?

[vegan_mekey]

Demonoid shutting down has severely impacted my ability to obtain an invite to abtorrents.com (audiobooks)

[mickice]

Just close down all the sites and we'll just revert back to old fashion lan parties xD.

[John25]

Newsgroups + 256 bit SSL Encryption= FTW!!!!

[THUGGEDOUT]

Lol, who uses torrent?

[$Greatness$]

Lol, who uses torrent?

Alot of people went back after Megaupload went down. A lot of my downloading has been limited. Too much snitching going on in the torrent world now a day, though. I want an invite to PW torrents again. I had one, but forgot my credentials and back to torrent sites snitching!

[DreDayDetox]

sorry i am nub, wat is newsgruuup and how do i setz it up? it is legalz?

[John25]

sorry i am nub, wat is newsgruuup and how do i setz it up? it is legalz?

Newsgroups are Legal it's just the Files uploaded that aren't, but the Beauty is you get full Download speed of your Connection all the time with no restrictions, the bad thing is you have to pay for a provider but you can get them for like $5 p/m less even or even (Free Providers like XSusenet) but the connection speed isn't that great ,most providers offer free trials too.

"Use the Force" on finding a tutorial on how to set it up

[mickice]

With so many new legal ways to obtain content it almost isn't worth the hassle.

[DreDayDetox]

I'll stick to torrents I guess. And believe me, I hated torrents before Megaupload was shut down. I love direct downloads, because I'm only downloading the file from a server, and not uploading it/seeding.

[John25]

I'll stick to torrents I guess. And believe me, I hated torrents before Megaupload was shut down. I love direct downloads, because I'm only downloading the file from a server, and not uploading it/seeding.

Thats what Usenet is.

[DreDayDetox]

I'll look into the free options then. If it's legal, I hope I won't be put on some watch list by my Canadian government.

[admartian]

With so many new legal ways to obtain content it almost isn't worth the hassle.

Not everywhere.

But yeah, I'd do that if we had more online Netflix/Amazon type services instead of outdated, stubborn Sky TV.

[John25]

I'll look into the free options then. If it's legal, I hope I won't be put on some watch list by my Canadian government.

Usenet Providers use 256bit SSL Encryption so not even your ISP knows what you're Downloading let alone your Goverment :P

[keefy]

Was a member of that site for years I joine in 2005 uploaded many torrents there in the past mostly MAME ROMs. I found demonoid had the obscure movies or games, the rivate trackers only seem to have the recent more popular stuff but demonoid had all sorts.

[DreDayDetox]

Thing I loved about demenoid is everything was organized in the right section. And Pirate Bay is organized too, but even with a vague search like "comic book" you'll get one or two porno torrents

[mickice]

Usenet Providers use 256bit SSL Encryption so not even your ISP knows what you're Downloading let alone your Goverment :P

I guess thats why there is a ton of porn and obscene material on this usenet?