[URL]http://torrentfreak.com/demonoid-busted-as-a-gift-to-the-united-states-government-120806/[/URL]
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The nightmare week for Demonoid has just reached a huge crescendo, with news coming out of Ukraine that following a massive DDoS attack the site has now been busted by local authorities. Those looking for a U.S. connection to the raid won’t be disappointed – a source in the country’s Interior Ministry says that the action was scheduled to coincide with Deputy Prime Minister Valery Khoroshkovsky’s trip to the United States.
Last week thousands of Demonoid users feared the worst when their beloved site disappeared from the Internet. Many thought that the site had been busted, but were eventually relieved to hear that it was ‘only’ a [URL="http://torrentfreak.com/demonoid-to-suffer-prolonged-downtime-after-ddos-attack-120727/"]massive DDoS attack[/URL].
But today the roller-coaster ride plummeted to new depths, with confirmation coming out of Ukraine that the DDoS was just the beginning – the site has been busted by the authorities.
[URL="http://www.colocall.net/en/"]ColoCall[/URL] is the largest datacenter in Ukraine and a place that has been Demonoid’s home in recent years. But in the middle of last week, in the wake of the DDoS attack, government investigators arrived at ColoCall to shut Demonoid down.
“Investigators have copied all the information from the servers Demonoid and sealed them,” an anonymous ColoCall source [URL="http://kommersant.ua/doc/1996114"]confirmed[/URL]. “Some equipment was not seized, but now it does not work, and we were forced to terminate the agreement with the site.”
As reported on TorrentFreak following [URL="http://torrentfreak.com/demonoid-to-suffer-prolonged-downtime-after-ddos-attack-120727/"]our discussions[/URL] with Demonoid’s admin last week, there were suspicions that the site may have been subjected to some kind of exploit or hack in addition to the DDoS. That version of events is now confirmed by the ColoCall source.
“Shortly after [the DDoS] a hacker break-in occurred, and a few days later came the investigators,” the source added.
But aside from the busting of the site, which is the biggest BitTorrent-related raid in recent memory and one that has taken out the world’s largest torrent site/tracker combo, there is a rather large international sting in the tail.
Despite general opinion that Demonoid did not contravene Ukranian law, especially since it blocked all Ukranian IP addresses to avoid upsetting the locals, the site still attracted the attention of the authorities there. That, according to a source in the country’s government, is all down to the United States getting involved.
A source inside the Interior Ministry has informed Kommersant that the raid on Demonoid was timed to coincide with the very first trip of Deputy Prime Minister [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriy_Khoroshkovskyi"]Valery Khoroshkovsky[/URL]‘s trip to the United States. On the agenda: copyright infringement.
Ukraine had promised the United States that it would improve its attitude and efforts towards enforcing copyright and no doubt its Western partner will be very pleased indeed that Demonoid’s head has been presented on a platter.
But while Demonoid’s servers are in custody, the site’s admin does not appear to be. The ColoCall source would not say who is behind the site, only that its management is located in Mexico. The devil may yet be back….
TorrentFreak contacted the Demonoid admin for a comment but we have yet to hear back.[/quote]
US bullying strikes again, and another site that operates lawfully in another country has been destroyed with little to no legal justification.
Fuuuck
Why not host that shit in China?
"The FBI demands you shut down all services connected to one 'Demonoid' and hand over all relevant data due to copyright infringement charges"
"lololololol" *click*
Dang, I guess everyone is going to have buy stuff legally now. Piracy's been defeated forever
This is bad.
Very bad.
[QUOTE=FZE;37105191]Why not host that shit in China?
"The FBI demands you shut down all services connected to one 'Demonoid' and hand over all relevant data due to copyright infringement charges"
"lololololol" *click*[/QUOTE]
yes host a website that mirrors pirated content in China, what could possibly go wrong
[quote]Shortly after [the DDoS] a hacker break-in occurred, and a few days later came the investigators[/quote]
Not at all suspicious, nope.
US fuck off
[QUOTE=smurfy;37105194]Dang, I guess everyone is going to have buy stuff legally now. Piracy's been defeated forever[/QUOTE]
I guess that's that...
I guess I just have to wait for somebody to put it back up in about a week
:(
What are you doing, USA? Stop forcing every other country to act like you, you're not the owner of the world
oh no, all the linux distros
[QUOTE=Jorori;37105265]What are you doing, USA? Stop forcing every other country to act like you, you're not the owner of the world[/QUOTE]
USA will never [I]EVER[/I] gonna stop acting like this.
god damn it
USA are gonna pick on the wrong country some day and it's going to end bad.
I can't wait.
Just another reason to buy your shit, you don't have these problems
FUUUUUUUUUUUCK
like who?
[editline]6th August 2012[/editline]
thepiratebay.se has lots of linux distros
[QUOTE=FZE;37105191]Why not host that shit in China?
"The FBI demands you shut down all services connected to one 'Demonoid' and hand over all relevant data due to copyright infringement charges"
"lololololol" *click*[/QUOTE]
Because piracy laws also exists in China. Torrents sites are blocked and things are taken pretty seriously.
[QUOTE]The IFPI has filed about 300 lawsuits in Chinese courts and have been victorious in about 90 percent of them.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Legend286;37105296]USA are gonna pick on the wrong country some day and it's going to end bad.
I can't wait.[/QUOTE]
We'll all probably be dead by the then.
I wonder if they'll start going after its users now..
If you thought feudal times were over, think again. This is a textbook case of ukraine paying tribute to the US.
I don't think this is really the US's doing, more like the Ukrainians trying to buddy up with them
[QUOTE=PacificV2;37105347]If you thought feudal times were over, think again. This is a textbook case of ukraine paying tribute to the US.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, they're impeding our right to free movies and games! Erm, Linux distros.
So someone hammered the site and hacked in to get info and suddenly the us is involved.
Anyone else thinking that the US just did it all and broke alot of its own laws just now to be able to shut it down?
[QUOTE=Ericson666;37105362]Yeah, they're impeding our right to free movies and games! Erm, Linux distros.[/QUOTE]
what part of "legal in ukraine" didn't you get
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;37105370]what part of "legal in ukraine" didn't you get[/QUOTE]
Well obviously Ukraine is changing its viewpoint
Okay, I believe its time for the fall of the united states. Although its happening already IN B4 FBI RAIDING MY HOUSE :tinfoil:
[QUOTE=Ericson666;37105380]Well obviously Ukraine is changing its viewpoint[/QUOTE]
do the words "due process" mean anything to you
What most companies fail to realise is that most people that pirate stuff wouldn't be able to afford the product in the first place.
I don't think many 14 year olds would go to a store and actually consider putting $10+ on an album when they could buy much more exciting stuff for that money.
Another side of the problem is how expensive albums can be.
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