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Tom Davenport

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  • June 11, 2009 12:10 am

    Demonoid is “removed from internet”

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    One of the largest torrent trackers after the Pirate Bay, has for the second time in fourteen months appeared to be removed from the internet today. Demonoid.com had a huge seeding base and thousands of illegally shared files being traded, and was first taken down by the then admin Deimos in April 2008, to return six days later with a new admin.

    The current reason for unannounced downtime has not been revealed, but the current Wikipedia entry for Demonoid claims that the site is down in eleven countries and:

    …seems to be due to the fact that Demonoid’s IP space appears to have been removed from the global routing tables.

    Are the music industry’s RIAA, BPI or film and gaming leaders getting involved here? Is it a further ripple from the Pirate Bay hearings this year? What the hell are the global routing tables, the fucking real life matrix?

    UPDATE: Demonoid is already back. Remember, don’t take files from strangers.

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