dragonballbenelux.blogspot.ie is down?

[Hisham]

Most of you are probably familiar with that site as well.

As mentioned in the subject, the website seems to be down. Does it say so for anyone else as well?

I've followed that blog for years, and I visited it just about an hour ago and got that message.

[samuraix123]

Never heard of that place in my entire life. LOL

[TheRed259]

As mentioned in the subject, the website seems to be down. Does it say so for anyone else as well?

Yes, it seems that the website is down. I hope that this isn't permanent.

Never heard of that place in my entire life. LOL

It's also known as ''DragonNews''. It does host all the DragonBall News in 3 languages (English, French, German) and many other DB related things as well.

[Avenged]

He probably got bored from copying news and posting fan manga translations.

[TheRed259]

Actually, it is/was a really decent website and they were always putting links for their sources. They were also posting all the Kanzenshuu Podcasts & Translations every time they came out in their DragonNews page. It wasn't just a copy-paste news website.

[samuraix123]

As mentioned in the subject, the website seems to be down. Does it say so for anyone else as well?

Yes, it seems that the website is down. I hope that this isn't permanent.

Never heard of that place in my entire life. LOL

It's also known as ''DragonNews''. It does host all the DragonBall News in 3 languages (English, French, German) and many other DB related things as well.

Oh yeah? I may have to check it out. since I found Kanzenshuu I usually don't stray far from it.

[Hisham]

Normally when sites are down temporarily you get another type of message, no?

Now it says the blog is deleted, meaning it's permanent, no? Anyway, I hope it's just a temporary thing, because I got quite fond of that site. Call it what you want, but it was very informative, even though it might have been simple "copy-pasting" updates of DB.

Maybe not quite relevant, but there was a quite popular site for Hokuto no Ken as well. I forgot what it was called, anyone know which one I'm talking about?. And that one had the habit of being down quite often, I presume it was because the site owners did not get enough revenue to keep the site going. And whenever that site was down, I don't remember getting the same error as I do from this one. Maybe because this one is a blog?

[Hisham]

Oh yeah? I may have to check it out. since I found Kanzenshuu I usually don't stray far from it.

I highly recommend it, if it gets back on. It's not quite Kanzenshuu, but it's easier and more direct if I may say. The guys, who ever they are, that own/owned the site post regular and up-to-date DB news on a regular basis.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Darn, this was my 2nd favorite DB news website...

He probably got bored from copying news

Seriously? They always had a source in the news.

[Hisham]

Darn, this was my 2nd favorite DB news website...

He probably got bored from copying news

Seriously? They always had a source in the news.

Yes, it's a shame. Really hope it gets back on! It's surprising really, just like that it's deleted it seems.

[TheLegend23]

Damn that sucks. Hope it's only temporary

[M4rb]

Hey all!
Unfortunately, Blogger decided to remove DragonNews on 01/02/2015.
In recent weeks, one or more individuals have made over 400 legal complaints against blogposts on DragonNews, whose content would infringe the copyright in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
As a result, the Blogger Team removed the DragonNews blog, because the terms of service were violated.

I have since filed a defense to restore the content that was removed, because I believe that I have the right to publish the content in question.
For all I know, the removed blog posts namely fall within the "fair use" law. Fair use makes it possible to give criticism, publish parodies and collect news of a copyrighted work, such as Dragon Ball.
Targeted blog posts were mostly simple messages from 2010-2011, about a DVD release or a toy, without any content that would violate copyright.

However, if Blogger doesn’t accept this demand for restoration, then, unfortunately, it seems that DragonNews will disappear from the web after 5 years. It was a really fun ride, I really enjoyed bringing daily Dragon Ball updates for the last 5 years. But I don't think I'll have the energy to start a new website from scratch.
I'd like to thank all of you very, very much for the visits to DragonNews!!
And for your future daily Dragon Ball needs, you're already at the right place right here at Kanzenshuu of course

All the best!

[UltimateHammerBro]

It sure sucks. I had come across the blog a few times.

However, I'm curious about how exactly it got down. I don't know much about Internet laws so forgive me if I'm going to ask something obvious, but can the DMCA, a United States law, take down a page with an Irish (.ie) domain? Is there any international agreement which allows American laws to be applied to the internet in general, or is it a case similar to Megaupload's, with the US doing pretty much what they want with a foreign website?

[dbboxkaifan]

First I heard of it but anyway, it's accessible via the time machine: http://web.archive.org/web/201412190327 ... pot.co.uk/

Looks pretty good but since I never follow any news of Dragon Ball (not even Kanzenshuu's main website) it's not really my thing.

[nicolas_3d]

MAN this sucks, I used to go on that blog every day!!! They posted a lot of stuff related to new dragon ball merchandise. It complemented Kanzenshuu very well.
I hope it comes back!

[Dicrypter]

That's is realy bad, i realy like that blog.
If this is the end of the blog the only thing i have to say is thank you for bring to us every day news about the dragon ball world.
I hope you win the case and continue the good work.

[Hisham]

Hey all!
Unfortunately, Blogger decided to remove DragonNews on 01/02/2015.
In recent weeks, one or more individuals have made over 400 legal complaints against blogposts on DragonNews, whose content would infringe the copyright in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
As a result, the Blogger Team removed the DragonNews blog, because the terms of service were violated.

I have since filed a defense to restore the content that was removed, because I believe that I have the right to publish the content in question.
For all I know, the removed blog posts namely fall within the "fair use" law. Fair use makes it possible to give criticism, publish parodies and collect news of a copyrighted work, such as Dragon Ball.
Targeted blog posts were mostly simple messages from 2010-2011, about a DVD release or a toy, without any content that would violate copyright.

However, if Blogger doesn’t accept this demand for restoration, then, unfortunately, it seems that DragonNews will disappear from the web after 5 years. It was a really fun ride, I really enjoyed bringing daily Dragon Ball updates for the last 5 years. But I don't think I'll have the energy to start a new website from scratch.
I'd like to thank all of you very, very much for the visits to DragonNews!!
And for your future daily Dragon Ball needs, you're already at the right place right here at Kanzenshuu of course

All the best!

This is sad news. I very much liked the blog. Know that what you did was very appreciated in the Dragon world. Even better I'm glad you enjoyed to bring us the news as much as we enjoyed getting them. And if it indeed does not get back on, all the best to you as well.

[kibasennin]

... any news? Is the site still down?

[Hisham]

Hey all!
Unfortunately, Blogger decided to remove DragonNews on 01/02/2015.
In recent weeks, one or more individuals have made over 400 legal complaints against blogposts on DragonNews, whose content would infringe the copyright in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
As a result, the Blogger Team removed the DragonNews blog, because the terms of service were violated.

I have since filed a defense to restore the content that was removed, because I believe that I have the right to publish the content in question.
For all I know, the removed blog posts namely fall within the "fair use" law. Fair use makes it possible to give criticism, publish parodies and collect news of a copyrighted work, such as Dragon Ball.
Targeted blog posts were mostly simple messages from 2010-2011, about a DVD release or a toy, without any content that would violate copyright.

However, if Blogger doesn’t accept this demand for restoration, then, unfortunately, it seems that DragonNews will disappear from the web after 5 years. It was a really fun ride, I really enjoyed bringing daily Dragon Ball updates for the last 5 years. But I don't think I'll have the energy to start a new website from scratch.
I'd like to thank all of you very, very much for the visits to DragonNews!!
And for your future daily Dragon Ball needs, you're already at the right place right here at Kanzenshuu of course

All the best!

I just had a thought. Have you thought of making a facebook page? You can easily name it the same. It should be quite easy, and I doubt it'll get removed. It's a shame the website is not looking to get back on, but your Dragon News was very helpful. You should be able to continue on facebook, no?

[nicolas_3d]

Thats a great idea, they should do it!