I'd like to point out that the original post did not specify what demonoid is, let alone why one might go there. I simply noted that a site which was taken down last year, and which many people thought was gone for good, is back. And for the record, I'm not giving out any invite codes to random people who pm me asking for them (as has already occurred). I am not encouraging piracy.
That being said, and at the risk of setting everyone off again, many people make a distinction between acquiring scans of pbooks they already own, and wholesale acquisition of content that has never been paid for. Others feel that making any use of unauthorized distribution methods, whether or not one already owns the content in another form, is illegal and/or immoral. From previous debates it's clear that we aren't going to resolve this conflict in points of view quickly or easily, but sometimes, if everyone involved is patient, tries hard to listen to the points of view of others, and tries hard to explain their own point of view without name-calling or ad hominem attacks, we all learn something, and occasionally our opinions do change over time.
Perhaps it's too much to expect in this thread, but hey, I can always dream.
