Reaper man Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 the law shuts Napster down... 10 other file sharing clients pop up the law forces torrents sites to block US users from their trackers, other torrent places step up to the plate they can't stop us and never will.... nothing to see here, please move along
Agozer Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Must have been a bad rumour. Thanks! No, IsoHunt really does block US connections. Of course, there are always exceptions, and their method isn't foolproof.
Wizard Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 Ah, the infamous Napster problem though was because files WERE kept on a central server as oppose to torrent files. Also, before Demonoid's recent move, it was (probably still is) the 2nd most used tracker on the internet, just behind The PBay.
gavin19 Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 I used demonoid heavily for a while but then it seemed to get flooded with a lot with a lot of off-site torrents which put me off. I still use it now and again. It's nearly impossible to avoid the occaisional demonoid tracked torrent anyway. In fact I grabbed a couple of big torrents last week, and it was only when I checked the tracker after download that I realised they were both tracked by you-know-who.
Ahmad89 Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 torrentspy.com last time i checked blocked US IPs. Im not really much of a torrent user anyway.
ken_cinder Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 I call bullshit. 1 WTF is the CRIA? I've never heard of it. 2: Demonoid is down right now, no matter where you access it from and they were having problems with their trackers. If they were blocking Canadian IPs, it would be server level, not some redirected result.
Robert Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 I've been using demonoid trackers last night and it works fine here.
ken_cinder Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 I've been using demonoid trackers last night and it works fine here. Key word, "were", read biznitch!
Wizard Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 They were previously blocked during the down time, but as I said before, the demonoid tracker is still announcing perfectly fine for me. (ISP = Bell Sympatico).
Agozer Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 I call bullshit. 1 WTF is the CRIA? I've never heard of it.The Canadian equivalent of the RIAA.
Wizard Posted October 1, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 CRIA is also just the canadian representation of RIAA. No canadian recording label or artists are even PART of it anymore.
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