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Demonoid, once one of the most popular BitTorrent trackers, has reappeared again, this time hosted in the Ukraine. The website is still down but the trackers are now fully operational again, perhaps a sign that Demonoid is crawling back up to speed?¹

There’s a bit of a public relations tug of war currently going on between BREIN and Demonoid. BREIN is a Dutch copyright protection firm who’s made a name for itself by attempting to rid the Netherlands of ?illegal?²

Eventually, the Demonoid trackers reappeared, followed by the site itself but was forced to block Canadian visitors by the CRIA. However, despite blocking Canadians, it seems the CRIA hasn’t yet had enough of harassing Demonoid and its host.³

The administrator of Demonoid, Deimos, has turned over control of Demonoid to a new admin, a personal friend whom he trusts implicitly. This new admin is charged with the responsibility of bringing Demonoid back online.⁴

Finally one of the leading BitTorrent website of its times is rising from the ashes. Demonoid one of the leading private BitTorrent trackers was pulled down by CRIA in November last year.⁵

“It is of course not clear what this all means, but without an official message from the Demonoid team, speculation has started. Could it be that the site has found a new host, and preparing a return?⁶

BREIN had been apparently targeting Demonoid’s ISP Leaseweb for hosting the site and thereby led to Demonoid’s decision to seek out a new server host. An exasperated BREIN even gleefully commented that “it strongly seems that disappearing the site is the consequence of this intimation.” It also criticized the Netherlands reputation as a “safe port” and in particular Leaseweb, and that this all must come to an end.⁷