RLSLOG back online: What really happened
Wow. So we are back online and in full strength again. But it was a long fight. I will disclose few details and what was really going on from my point of view. It’s been a really unusual downtime, considering both its reason and its length. But let’s start from the beginning.
Almost a week ago, we (and many others) received a takedown request from infamous Web Sherrif. The release in question was Franz Ferdinand’s new album Tonight. That itself is a delicate case: Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish band which encouraged piracy few years ago. They specifically mentioned Limewire and other p2p applications and offered few tracks for free. They also said they themselves download illegal stuff from internet. Now, they (or their distributor Domino Records ot be exact) hire Web Sherrif to pursue everyone who would want to share their newest leaked album. Talk about turnaround.
This takedown request from Web Sherrif was a one big joke from the very beginning. As you probably know, we do not host any content on our servers and we do not offer anything for download. Therefore we have nothing to remove. We only inform about new releases and eventually link to third party servers where you can download them (the very same thing Google does and noone cares). Most of the download links is posted by our readers anyway. The quote in the request ("your web-site has published and is digitally distributing“) is therefore completely false. We didn’t publish anything. We just wrote about it.
Another funny thing about the takedown notice was they couldn’t even write our URL properly. They wrote "rslog.net" instead of our proper URL, so I replied to them I don’t own this website. They didn’t get it and stepped up their idocy: "you must also arrange for the following apology to be published on the relevant page of the site for a period of seven (7) days :“RSLOG wishes to apologies to Franz Ferdinand, Domino Records and Web Sheriff for the disruption caused to their sales, marketing and promotion plans by our publishing of pirate file details relating to the unreleased album “Tonight”.”
I couldn’t help myself but reply in a similarly stupid manner: “Thanks for good laugh. once again, learn to type instead of drinking brandy in saloon. Yours Old Shaterhand." This was the very last piece of communication we had with Web Sherrif. I guess they got pissed and realized this won’t really work. So they moved to higher level. They contacted our host, which kindly asked us to remove download links from the article, which we really did (Google Cache). One would think this is the end of the story.
But it wasn’t. Instead, suddenly our website stopped working. It came like a complete surprise with no explanation. Of course, I inquired with our host what’s going on, but they seemed to not really care about replying fast. Their usual response time is circa 24 hours and even more during weekends, which is one of the reasons why I’ve been thinking about moving away from them for a long time – but never actually did it. After a day of struggling, they finally replied: Web Sherrif sent the very same request to their bandwidth provider and they, instead of protecting the rights of their customers or analyzing anything, completely shut down the servers and nullrouted the IPs. Fair enough.
So for the rest of the time, I’ve been trying to find out what to do next and instantly started negotiating with different hosting companies about new servers. Don’t be fooled – RLSLOG is terribly huge and I found out almost no hosting is able to have servers for us ready in acceptable time span. The communication was also very scarce because of the weekend and tens of international calls I made didn’t really help. Day after day continued with no replies and no good news. And then, out of sudden, yesterday shortly before midnight, a miracle email came: “Your servers are online.” No explanation, no details, nothing.
This whole thing taught me a few things. For starters, you can’t believe anyone unless you know him personally and even then things may screw up. Second, hosting companies are scared shitless, slow with replies and don’t really care about their customers, although we didn’t do anything illegal or wrong. Third, it’s always good to have a backup plan (in our case, backup servers ready to host the site in case of something similar happens), because it takes many days before hosting companies set you up with something.
If you take it from the other side, we did our best to get over it. We moved the domain to a temp server to at least inform you what’s going on. We made a private temporary blog and prepared all posts there to have them ready when we get back online. We informed you about new releases at our forums. We mailed Franz Ferdinand and asked them if they are happy now. And we still rock. Thanks everyone who offered me help during the tough time, it was extremely stressful period of time for me. Let’s hope this was the last portion of bad luck in 2009. And let’s hope assholes like Web Sherrif will rot in hell. They deserve it.
Comments(209)
but… I think that there really ARE hosting companies that can handle what you need. seriously. with fast turn-on.
I suspect many Rslog regulars like myself thought that our ISP was filtering you. Congrats on proving that you can't keep a good thing down & more power to http://www.rlslog.net!
Glad that u are back guys!!!! holla
I Shot the Sheriff
too bad stupidity and lack of professionalism doesn't kill………
good to be back on.
Interesting read, I cant believe anti-piracy firms are stupid enough to distinguish between hosting and linking.
Great to see ur back
rlslog and martin FTW!!!
great to have you back online.
this is mosdef the most checked website of mine.
keep it up
Don't provide links simple as that.. ppl know how to find them thanks to google.
This is the type of fight you'll have to deal with Martin, and you know it. And everytime you exit one, you come out victorious. For that I cheer, lets hope it won't be a final strike against you and your "little" project!
Cheers & thanks for an explanation, as always.
so u backed down from your belifes and removed ferdinadns crap….either tough u are completly right about it, and u let that web sherif to win….
this site deserves to be offline since u dont seem to have enough faith in it.
Incidentally I actually downloaded the F.F. album in question and quickly dismissed itan hour or so before Rlslog dropped offline. Put bluntly it is crass vacuous pop, and unusual for me (I usually keep at least one copy of everything) I had already deleted it before the fuss started. Perhaps the record company was aware of the particular damage that downloads / viral marketing can do to record sales when the base product is just rubbish to begin with (!)
filthy pirate scum
websherrif? what kind of stupid whore name is that?
F.F are gonna give themselves a bad name! So is this going to be in a torrentnews weekly or something like that ? I would market the story… F.F done the wrong thing! They should have not gone after you in the first place. So are they going to take on google next ? I wonder mmm. LOL
As if they have the resources
regards all
Good to see you back!
rlslog FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLZ EVERYONE GO TO THEIR MYSPACE AND FLOOD THEIR INBOX WITH MSGS ABOUT HOW GHEY THEY ARE
I DID IT, IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF ALL REGISTERED MYSPACE USERS TOLD THEM TO FARK OFF
How did they even know about rlslog…i stumbled upon it by accident. unless they use the site themselves…in which case they are damm right W@NK3R5
I think the net is closing in on all of the download sites. I know you don't host any of the files but if you can't find the file then you can't download it.
It's been good….while it has lasted.
Rlslog was the first I ever came across….and I think that is why all the back biting goes on regards your site Martin.
No one b!tches about Rapidshare making money from pirated films and leaked albums….but for some reason they have a go at you….bizarre….very bizarre.
Anyhows keep up the great work….your site is always the first I check for updates.
Mike..UK
Dewd … u OWN iTT!!! Nice Work. Keep it up
They just wanted to go after someone big to make them look powerful thats all
actualy this host feels way fast but it could be just me
Good ones have won again.
In order to avoid such a situation in the future, because this won't be the last time this happens, why not just link to a google search for the release? Rather than linking directly to torrent sites? And maybe ban members posting rapidshare links? It's harsh, i know, but at least it might keep the sniper's at bay.
god these people and their stupid complaints, rlslog wins again!
Cheersss !
1 whole week without RLSLOG !!!!! DAMN!!!! i coped better when the missus left me for my next door nrighbour… LOL WELCOME BACK GUYS
i'm glad to have you back rlslog
its alliiivveee !!!!
ohh….finally u guyz back phew…
franz ferdinand suck anyway.
i think it would be a good idea for rlslog to not post anymore of their stuff.
i think you can actually sue you hosting company now
anyway:
you wrote: “learn to type" and "One would thing this is the end of the story" in the same paragraph :p
it's "One would thinK"!
i lol'd
RIOT EVERYONE RIOT
"One would thing this is the end of the story."
And there you were laughing at them for missing 'l'…
You guys should just ban all RS links that are posted in the comments section. Not even to cave into their demands, just because they are annoying and clutter the comments. Half of them are fake/trojans anyways.
If people had half a brain they would know how to find the files themselves anyways.
What a bunch of morronic idiots !
RLSLOG rof reve !
"Of course, I inquired with our host what’s going on, but they seemed to not really care about reaplying fast."
Wow… Someone please release PROPER to this post…
I never realized how often i visited this site till it was gone. For this reason i will not buy any thing from Domino Records
WOOHOO!!!!
Im a 14 year old kid and I'm gonna write something super intelligent, like… RLSLOG PWNS ALL!!!
When in fact, Rlslog was taken OFFLINE for DAYS by a pathetic little agency, working for one stupid record label, representing a sad little band… when all other sites on the net linking to, or actually hosting said material weathered the storm just fine…?
So in your little 14y/o wanna be l33t speak… Rlslog got PWN'D
It seems a bit harsh to be overly critical of the hosting company, apart from the lack of communication. They are running a business which attracts more than its fair share of attention from litigators. You *know* that RLSLOG can be considered a hot potato. In that respect you cannot consider yourself to be a 'normal' customer. Whether that is right or wrong is an open question, but it's just how things are.
So, instead of expecting a hosting company to take a moral stand for you and expend their own money (which would also damage the service they offer all their other customers who do not receive this type of attention), you should instead sign on with a hosting company who is aware of and agrees up front to defend the issue. You will most likely not find one, because they are all businesses trying to make some profit from hosting web sites, not legal crusaders trying to fight the copyright fight.
If you genuinely believe that your rights as a customer are being infringed, look through your contract and file a breach notice. Otherwise, prepare to put your money where your mouth is and hire a lawyer to actually win a case in court with regards to the current legal grey area of linking to pirated material.
Good to have you guys back.
To Whatever: Whine to your mother.
I am not going to hear Franz Ferdinand anymore (lousy bastards).
I am not going to hear Franz Ferdinand anymore (lousy bastards).
Welcome back RLSlog.
I find it strange that one sad bunch of mofo's can use a company to try and shut you down without checking to see if you are actually guilty of what you are accused of.
Is there no form of regulatory body that oversees such activities and deem them illegal
As previously stated maybe it would be best to dump the RS links as most are links to trojans or viruses
FF SUCKS
You definitely Rock, mate! Long live RLSLOG!!
Cheers
damn nice to have u back guys
Umm… isn't it said as "are posted" and several other words were misspelled like other people have stated before me. You can't make fun of them when you're typos suck just as much lol. Dur.
Nuked, get proper
RLSLOG.back.online.what.really.really.happened.2009.PROPER.txt-L2SPL
Congrats, well done… You should pursue it further, though. With both your provider and web sheriff… Justice for all!
i hope you have learned your lesson and REMOVE all RAPIDSHARE LINKS. we dont need them the torrent that is allready posted link to is enough.
Franz Ferdinand sucks anyways… I would not even waste thought or bandwidth on this crap.
I have not bought music since 1998. NO Sherrif will not catch this cowboy…
Why not post rapidshare links ? post rapidshare links but use another domain say " http://websheriff.com/1827394/ferdinand.mp3" and let users substitute websherieff with rapidshare
everyone should band together and DDoS the web sherif site with bots and the like…
piracy lose. download users win!
Way to go ! keep up the great work !
Power to the people!
oh you definetly get best customer-service award!!
thanks for your time, skills and hard work every single day
to make rlslog what it is: simply the best!
because we're worth it..! xxx
It's nice to hear people are so supportive.
RLSLog is providing information on pirate releases. Whilst there's currently a legal loophole in that the site doesn't actually host any illegal content, this situation will not last forever.
In the meantime, anti-piracy outfits like WebSheriff just ignore the site owners and go straight to the hosts or bandwith providers. These people are running a business and aren't interested in the technicalities of a legal arguement about hosting vs links. So they just switch off the site. At worst, they lost one customer. So why should they care?
I doubt Franz Ferdinand know anything about this. It's most likely the record company taking this action because the downloads impact on their profits more than on the band's. Chances are, they've got a standing agreement with WebSheriff and they simply provide them with a list of stuff to search for.
Martin behaved fairly well in this, but a lot of this could perhaps have been prevented if he hadn't decided to be funny over the spelling of RSLog (it's not like Martin is the king of grammer and spelling anyway). Clearly WebSheriff didn't understand his point and just moved up the list to hit the host. And it worked. WebSheriff won.
So now RSLog's back with the relevant article deleted. This will happen again. And keep happening until a change in the law regarding what "publishing" is exactly.
Oh and for all those who wish to attack WebSheriff: I really wouldn't. Running a DDOS attack against them is illegal… really illegal. It's not a grey area like links. And no doubt this has happened to WebSheriff before and they have the means to deal with it. And they're certainly prepared to use the law.
If you really want to do something about WebSheriff, why not complain to them directly? They can be found at 2 Queen Caroline St, Hammersmith, London, W6 9DX. It's a suite of offices where they occupy just one. It's run by John Giacobbi. Or why not look up their domain registration and note that their registered address is incorrect (which is in breach of registration rules) and target them that way?
No offence Martin, but if you're going to point out bad spelling and grammer in other people's work, you should at least check your own articles for typos.
Having said that, well done for getting Releaselog back online. We're all grateful for your effort, and we know you did nothing wrong, even if your soppy web hosts don't think so!
You guys DO realize that Franz Ferdinand might have NOTHING to do with this WHATSOEVER? Theire record company can pursue the goal without the band's prior knowledge. I'm just saying.
welcome back…home sweet home page
*reinstating meh good ol' homepage*
firefox was getting really hungry without your daily rss feeds
Glad your back guys
finally….i thought i could never getting a very good post from rlslog again……it's good to have you back online =)
*standing applause* for your hard work guys!!!
Back to the HOTTEST RELEASES from the best website EVER !!!
Welcome back Guys … I' MISSED YOU
Thanks for getting back up. We need u guys for the hottest info on the latest scene releases. And keep providing us those links.
Martin, thanks for being so dedicated! Keep up the good work! If you really can't find a good hosting, contact me and we can talk details. I have connections that take pride in following the law, and won't get scared by false accusations.
did anyone know the email of the band ?
Now that stupid band is getting free exposure. It seems like they, the distributors, are hyping the album and in the end, they come out ahead. Let them rot!
YEA! Welcome back!
We missed you
i thought everyone knew this was rslog
can you make this sticky for a few more hours?
Nice to have you back, guys!
Keep up the rockin'!
Martin the only solution is to kick Will out of the team, and even better knock his teeth out. That's the only way rlslog will prevail against stupidity.
Nice one Martin. I missed this site while it was down, its the best.
Web sheriff have to understand that bands make more money in this case because it's proven that people at the shows it's like 60%more.And most of people use it just to try the album.
Since rlslog don't host anything illegal or copyrighted please web sheriff dont quit your daily job and hope your health will be ok because i really think it WILL NOT
Glad you're back. Web sheriff is a joke.
great guys
it is back
f@@k the sheriff
oh yeah, I'm glad i downloaded Franz Ferdinand’s lousy album, wasn't worth paying for anyway..if you like it buy it..wasn't the case here though..
I was restless when I couldn't surf rlslog. Love to see you guys come back. The web sheriff is just plain stupid.
Im going to download that album about 99999999 times just to piss them off now.
kodabar: The domain is registered to Bite IT (well, the same address), their web design company. It's a pretty common thing to have a single company taking care of the web presence, including hosting and domains, so if that's the case here, the registration is actually correct.
Now, DDoS is illegal that's true, but it can be done in ways that's very hard to backtrack. The simplest way is to find a file storage site that allows comments and allows html in those comments. Now upload something really popular and in the comment include an 1×1 iframe that loads something like their mainlogo.jpg (22KB) of simply their front page through a referrer-stripping service, and advertise the download someplace nice and busy… Now sit back and watch their Microsoft-IIS/6.0 based site go down in flames… All hits will come from thousands of random IP's from all over the world. There's no referrer to give up where the link came from, and each downloader won't notice the few extra KBs when viewing the loaded comment. This attack cannot be stopped because there's no way to find the page from where the iframe loads the site, and should it be stopped through random events, just repeat as needed. Javascript can also be used of course.
Why does it say former admin on your email to the band?
Glad to see u back!!!!
Hey, my startpage came back online ;D
I was getting worried already.
Nice job!
I wouldn't listen to Franz Ferdinand’s album if you paid me
anyway glad your back
Great too have the site back really missed it those couple of days it was off
Glad to see you guys back online. I already started to get withdrawal symptoms.
good to see rlslog back
75. – don't forget Dot.
Freedom of speech and all that!!!!!
people just cant handle the internet Gen.
We want it NOW!!
gr8 to have u backs guys!!!…
i think WEBSHERIFF totally lost his nuts!!
welli can see they are taking piracy very seriously these days.but im not sure why anyone would care if franz ferdinand
was releasing a monkey into the wild never mind an album.its aa shame they wasted the RLSLOG's staff time and patience.love the site by the way
I downloaded franz ferdinands album, then made hundreds of copies which I sold for profit, just to make absolutely sure no money went to the band or record labels.
Ive already sold 121 Cds at $5 a piece.
Web Sherif = "no-lifer"
I'm glad to see this site back online!
It realy is my nr. 1 site to find some nice downloads.
Keep up the very nice job!
Many Greetz Dellhi
Good to see the page back. I missed you guys! Even though the quality of articles has been deteriorating of late.
Long live RLSLOG!…. WE lOVE U NOW MORE THAN EVER!!!!!
Excellent job man, we are glad that you are back!
Web Sherif what a f… is that all about, who let them in?
Glad to see this site back online, i like many others here visit here frequently and we are truly gratful for the work you do. For those guys who say they don't care about this site why waste your time posting here when you don't like it here and don't care whether these guys get shutdown or not, y'all like to have your cake and eat it too…
Keep going RLSLOG!
No hosting, no offering, just news, what rules!
yeah nice story.. but what i'm really interested in…
anyone have some downloadlinks for franz ferdinands new album?
Glad to see that Rlslog is up and rocking again. Keep up the awesome job and we are all rooting for you!
LONG LIVE RLSLOG!!!! Franz Ferdinand- I will be posting every album, every song, that you have ever made on every site that I possibly can. It is now my goal to share your music(for free of course) with the world.
Glad to see you guys back on track.
Miss you very much 
)
hope we gone stay connected forever
Good to have you back.
Pozdrav iz Srbije
Glad to see you guys again. That is a sick story.
BUT FROM HERE, LONG LIVE TO RSLOG.
And to others, they forget that internet and all the stuff around in huge and the fast, best and great way of all people get in contact and now the new.
Hope youy stay online forever and a big thanks to you.
Any help needed, just request.
very glad to have you back,not a day goes by without reading this site so thanks
great to have you back
in the words of the great Vulcan Mr. Spock
"Live Long and Prosper"
my opinion is
we the down loaders first try out what we see or hear and if we don't like it of course we don't buy it
nothing compares to seeing a dvd in Blu-Ray in a 36in+ with surround 5.1 blasting
hell i only have near to 1500 dvd in my collection original not dvdr there near to 600 only
not to mention space every few months i need a new drive to store my junk now I'm up to 4tb in my 4 years only on line
(yes i do work in the day 5days a week full time 9am-18pm)
heck i work for one of the top Courier i deliver !!
Daily!!
one site goes down 10 return the next day
to Web sheriff drop dead a-hole
Glad to see your back. Your the BEST!
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE
welcome back! I missed you
Yeah, glad to see the webpage is working !
Great to have u guys back up ! Reallly missed browsing this site.
glad you back on line, you are the best souce of new releces online
could we somehow spam or ddos web sheriff?
oh, and a recreation of the 1914 assassination of Franz Ferdinand would be in order, don't you think? =p
(don't take the 2nd one serious … seriously!)
Never heard about franz and never will. It must be crap since it doesnt ring any bells. Post only about quality releases and you dont get attention. This doesnt include Enya, Franz and some boybands who release best of albums like backstreet boys, nobody cares about them except their labels who hire web sheriffs (lol what an job is that, as pathetic as being chinese farmer for some game!)
Greetings from Ecuador
love u guys!! keep up the good work xD!
Great Work Guys !
)
WEB HOLEIFF Sucks
Bet Anyone that follows RLSLOG Dosn't Want Fritz Any more they can rot in Hell!!!! Nice to have you Back. Don't Give in, Don't Give Up. One Day We'll All Be Free Of This Sh**!!!
Thank God you are back, they suposed to work with the Web and they doesn't diferentiate between hosting and linking????? gimme a break…
Ola from Portugal
Great to see your back!!!
Thanks
Franz what?… :/
welcome back
lmao like Franz Ferdinand is gonna sell more than 6 retail copies in the US anyway.
glad to see you back guys…I felt lost as others (rapidshareking.com) were down too
Who is Franz Ferdinand anyway?
finally back!!! RLSLOG rulez !!!
Hey guys and girls. Great to see you are back. You guys are legends. You Rock! What can I say, some people are idiots and just don't get it. Keep up the awesome work guys and girls.
Cheers.
Really good to see you back. Don't let the bastards get you down.
Good to have you back and thanks for going to all this trouble for people like me.
What can I say….?
TEAM: YOU ARE AMAZING !!!!!
People all over the world know that and appreciate all of your hard work and efforts.
Thank you !!!!!
i think rlslog could build there own network and small datacenter say in amsterdam and host what the hell they like lol
i hope web sheriff,that terrible band nobody wants to hear anyway and there family(s) suffer for what they have done……
Great to see rlslog.net back
BTW why didnt they shut down RSLOG.net ???
Idiots
i was having withrdrawls =/
FF sucks anyway, welcome back boys n girls
Hey Martin,
I really like the site but you lost everything by removing the links… No balls! Either you do it or you don't! If you joke around and then comply, u're just being a "wussy"… And then you guys got that DDoS! they played you like kids…
Happy to see that you guys are back on.
wow… hypocrites.
glad to have you back!
You are the boss Martin, great work and thanks for sharing this informartion.
Long Life RLSLOG!
When I have money, I buy things.
When I don't have money, I can't buy things.
Since all the folks Web Sheriff seems to support decided to rape their houses, or package bad loans into securities, or fraudulently borrow money on overpriced properties…
Since the banks and all the supposed 'good people' actually turned a blind eye to what was right and or lawful…
I have decided that THEIR copyright laws, the copyright laws of the ESTABLISHMENT that GOT US INTO this Global Depression…
I have decided that it is simply NOT FAIR to live in poverty, as they get government bailouts, and as they, along with cronies like Web Sheriff, try to further dampen my spirits with their threats.
I did all the right things before I became a pirate.
I played by the rules. I followed the laws.
The banks, and the establishments of the banks, did not.
Tell you what, Web Sheriff…
How about you give THE PEOPLE some of the bailout money your banks are getting.
How about they FORGIVE and FORGET about the bad debts owed on foreclosed homes?
If you can make that happen, Web Sheriff…
I'll start buying things again.
Deal?
I'm so glad you guys are back online, it felt like i was going through withdrawl symptons not getting my regular rlslog fixes.
Good job getting it back on.
Lol, you know, you can sue them for taking illegal action over your property, nothign serious, just to pain in theyr asses
-First they didn't had any proofs that you were hosting illegal files (Unless the characters and colors count)
-Second they mentioned the wrong name when they emailed your, therefor the legal threat wasn't directed for you and they shouldn't have acted further than that
-Third they should be in jail for being so stupid, you know… being stupid we can handle, being really stupid will hardly be tolerated, but being a douchebag is a crime (Which leads me to think that they are a bunch of dumb blondes O.o maybe they are hot!)
Glad that you are back online Rlslog!
Right in the middle of your star sheriff!
Reminds me of the time my car got towed and no one knew where it was for 3.5 weeks then after calling and threatening everyone it mysteriously showed back up without so much as a note.
That said, welcome back RSLOG!
This is my bible and I agree I don't download from your site just enjoy the files and ratings from your users! Websherrif, who needs them ANYWHERE?!
Whoaa, u been through alot more than Harold and Kumar did when they went to White Castle
good job, and yes BURN IN HELL WEB SHERIFF
Great to have u backs guys!!!…
Excellent job man i am glad that you are back!
I think you deserved to be shut down for a little while, not because of the content (that was a silly request on their part) but ecause of your replies to the e-mails they first sent you.
Being cheeky doesn't help anybody, I've often found that barking right back at them with sharply written emails that show your understanding of your website's rights and the law (and confident talk about your lawyer and your legal rights) will usually make them think a little bit harder before they start talking to your host company.
Host companies are pussies, they will usually take down your site until youve dealt with the situation, so I avoid letting it all get to them.
I'm so glad you guys are up again, I really missed rlslog.net
keep up the good work!!
thx rlslog
Anyway, who listen that crap(Franz Ferdinand)? Glad to see u back man
WebSheriff has to justify itself and make a living.
If the entire problem was a link posted by visitor, that visitor was WebSheriff.
And, yes. The folks at WebSheriff operate on the same principles as any other human being. Violence towards the weaker. Google is safe by sheer size. This is not an issue of morality or legality. It's just simple cowardice.
Web Sheriff?! O_o
these types of things just make communities stronger when they come out on the other side. keep up the good work fellas…
Well it's good the hear everything is back up and running again. Congrats man!
nice to see you back. sad that this happens, but please notice that quite often the companies fighting to protect copyright are the same people wwho manufacture the blank media and the recorders (yeah sony, i mean you!).
think of me in new zealand, whre a new law mwans that anyone ACCUSED of downloading copyright material of any sort will be cut off by their isp. no dialogue, no trial, just an immediate cessation of service. what a crock. we have ordinary users, isps, copanies and everyone else going crazy about this stupid, unworkable new law, but our"democratic" government is just rubber-earing the lot of use and ploughing on with the worst piece of legislation regarding the internet ever.
anyway, rant over and welcome back lads. to hell with those who would stifle our freedom and just keep on running
just read my last comment. sorry about the spelling. its the writing on the comment box, which means i can't read my typing properly. perhaps, we could remove it as a welcome back gesture? thenk yuo wery mich
@ 116 = Mmmmmmmmmmm
Isn't that the link that got RLSLG in trouble? lmfao
GOLDEN! thank you, i can't live without my release log
S'good the site is back.
Welcome back Guys….
I had almost the same experience…. with a hosting company of course…where ever they are, they seem to have the same MORONIC characteristic…maybe one needs to have such value to be successful in doing hosting business…Anyways..I will never ever wanna hear from that stupid rock group…If they are stupid enough to take action without just cause…they deserve to rock only in Hell!!!!! for you know Who….
Man, I was really wondering what was the deal, and then I read all of that. I too, also hope that Web Sheriff burns in the deepest parts of hell, and there he or she will stay.
good to have u back
Yeah, with a site like this being viewed 100,000+ times a day(?) maybe just maybe dns failover might be a good idea.
This site is so terribly huge? It's a wordpress blog with images… Dude I have a site that takes 4 hours on a 100mb line to copy from server to server (transfers). Unless you have a database of 10gb+ and over 500,000 images, it's not.
Personally, I think this story is a bunch of croc. Web Sheriff can be a nuisance, but they do NOT have the authority to shut down a datacenters bandwidth to servers, especially since I believe this site is hosted in the NL. At the MOST they can send DMCA notices which are sent to the datacenter who then typically forwards the notices to the end users renting the servers. No one would ever just shut down a servers bandwidth without notifying them first.
So, the moral of this story is bullsh!t.
stoked!
without Rlslog, I couldnt cope with myself. thanks for resurrecting yourself!
So good to see you back on the line -Missed the read-
Your DVDRIP link is still not functional. It takes you to the music albums page. Please fix it.
Glad that you guys are back on! Keep up the good work!!!!
With you all the way…good things are back to normal
please keep up the GREAT work…
i come here DAILY…
its sorta like my tv guide…
hehehe
at a time like this id like to thank you-
and let ya know i really appreciate the efforts
of everyone who contributes to this site to make it great.
So why arent we all teaming up on this dumbass web sherriff? There should be a coordinated attack
yo man, i read it with open moute.
wellcome back, god writing, and i hope this never happend again!
gg
long liVE RLSLOG~~~~~! yepey!
Good job martin
glad to see someone really cares about rlslog.
Great to see you back online… You're still nr 1
"I shot the sheriff…" lol
Greetz from France…
I am slightly disappointed that rlslog removed the artical. I know you had to get the sight back online and that is the most important thing, but it still is a small victory for web sherrif. I would love to see the article posted again and pinned to the front page for at least a week with a big star that said kiss my @ss
good to see ur back on ur feet guys.
At the end…
I'm releaved to see you guy's are back on tracks with the site. The best RS site is rslog.
None can do better.
Take care and thanks.
you're back, and that's only important. =)
Hey Martin,
Big thanks and as many of the commentators have already mentioned, you can't keep a good site like rlslog down long
I too hope that 2009 will be a good year for all of us.
All the best and keep on rocking.
Thanks once again
<3 u guys!!!
RSLOG
is my fav site!!
Awesome job guys! Withdrawl symptoms were really starting to build to breakdown point there.
ViVe La Revolution
Release log is one of our unsung Heroes
Keep up your hard fought work but above all
else watch your back and protect yourself.
Thankful User Who wishes to see you ok.
damn!!!….one week without rlslog….i'm so lost in ur guidance..so glad that u have come back!…i even thought that my ISP have problem when cant access ur site..plsss…next time..prepare ur DRP…:)
Good to see you back guys! Well, I understand that they want to remove all FF mp3s on the net because of their profite, BUT, if there would not be any piracy FF albums on the net I would probably never ever hear about such a band. I like them (I don´t love them) and if I would see a CD of FF in some shop in our (Czech rep.) country I would buy it but there aren´t any
) It´s the same with movies. If I really like some I will buy it on BD or DVD. The same with apps, tv shows etc. So I think in some smaller countries piracy is even good for bands, movie makers or software companies 
Cheers
excellent and fun read and very good job guys.
The people who run the companies are morons tbh.
http://www.rlslog.net = 100% Pure Awesomeness
RLSLOG FTW
welcome back!
Nice try on the humorous reply to web sheriff and telling us all but the piratebay owners did it originally and much funnier
glad to see you guys are back
GLAD your back.. i read somewhere on the net that you'd changed your name to resourcelog.. so i made that my home page.. anyways that was obviously a load of crap.. so rlslog is back as the home page.. never been so grateful for a dual boot!!
What dont kill you makes you stronger… and you guys are deffo back with a bang! I laughed hard at your reply back to the web sherriff team – good job!
Long live RLSLOG………………………fan from EGYPT
Franz… what?
Glad site is back.
Great to have you back guys. The only reason most of us come to rlslog for our scene news is because of the feedback. Every editor gives their own personal opinion about the post and do your best to inform us. Even though it is not often said, we appreciate it and support you guys. Rock on!
Good to see you guys back. I never comment, but I had to address this.
I just have to say, Hell yeah! I love when antipiracy organizations are quite stupid in their own manner. I myself have some problems with my ISP complaining that I keep torrenting illegal music/movies. Hopefully I'll pull through just like you guys.
I hope this site stays for a damn long time.
“RSLOG wishes to apologies to Franz Ferdinand, Domino Records and Web Sheriff for the disruption caused to their sales"
yeah, like WankSheriffs business was really affected, oh yeah, thats right they GAINED business out of it… f*cking parasites….. and as for the whinging spineless (talentless i might add) "artists" …. get a f*cking life and a real job you whining b*stards
i think that makes my stand point on this fairly clear.
wb btw guys
hi,
i own a similar site (tastro.org) like yours linking to rs links etc…
and i always said that if they want to shutdown my or any
of these sites they first have to shutdown google…
because they are doing the exactly same thing… linking to
rs links… but 'we' don't have hosted any contents (files to download) on our servers… :>
i say: fuuck them all :>
btw.. i don't get it why they don't shutdown rapidshare ???
they do share all these files…
do rs.com pay the crooked sherif so that he doesn't shut it down ?
who the F is this sherif anyways ? name ?
I love rlslog.net.
Awesome to see you back online! Keep up the good work.
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