Copyright Holders Seek To Block Pirate Bay In UK
Copyright Holders Seek To Block Pirate Bay In UK
Posted 11/04/2011 at 2:24pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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BT, the UK’s leading telecom was recently ordered by the High Court to block access to the Usenet site Newzbin2, and it appears that copyright holders are trying to capitalize on that victory. BT was recently approached by a group consisting of music labels and movie studios and asked to voluntarily block The Pirate Bay, the torrent site that just won't die. Should they refuse, BT was promised a court battle not unlike the one they just wnet through.
At this point, BT is refusing to block the site on the industry’s say so. The customary court order will be obtained, but it will likely be contested in court. That’s when things can get drawn-out and messy, though. “The Pirate Bay is no more than a huge scam on the global creative sector. It defrauds musicians and other creators of their wages, and it destroys UK jobs,” BPI chief Geoff Taylor said.
The Pirate Bay is fond of laughing off these attempts to block it as “free advertising.” Even if an ISP starts a DNS blockade of the site, as has happened in other countries, users find ways around it. Do you think The Pirate Bay will ever be taken down?
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Silencer
November 06, 2011 at 4:50am
So many tools, here's about 20:
1) PeerBlock
2) - about 20) Everyone's Guide to Bypassing Internet Censorship:
http://www.nartv.org/mirror/circ_guide.pdf
(Look at the last half of the guide, around page 17.)
Pass it on.
So much more, that I could add...
zero_ken13
November 05, 2011 at 5:53am
Nobody can stop PIRACY, here in the Philippines even goverment offices or officials surely use pirated things like pirated movies and OS'es. There is an option though if they want to lessen it, lower their prices so majority of the people can already afford it :D. Would you pay $100 for a piece of game or software if you can't even afford to purchase a legit OS ^_^ hahahaha we'll that's the real problem here on my country it's called "POVERTY".
Darth_Xavius
November 05, 2011 at 5:04am
I think that everyone involved is going to feel pretty silly when this whole internet fad blows over anyway...
pratikrawankar
November 05, 2011 at 3:29am
torrent sites will dies with the deadth of internet
and this will never going to happen on our Planet EARTH
Holly Golightly
November 04, 2011 at 5:15pm
I do not use torrents, I pirate by ripping straight from legit sites. If I can not find what I am looking for, then I use my favorite Russian site that has it all. I think I'll go ahead and rip me some Sherlok Holmes...
Dartht33bagger
November 06, 2011 at 1:56am
That is the exact same thing and probably more virus prone. But do whatever you like I guess.
Holly Golightly
November 06, 2011 at 2:39pm
How can you get a virus from legit sites??? I just rip from legit sites. Each video you watch on Google, YouTube, Hulu, whatever... Is downloaded onto your hard drive. Just convert the *.flv to whichever format you please. Nothing virus-prone from that. Of course, my anti-virus program is here to protect me.
MastaGuy
November 04, 2011 at 4:58pm
The Government: JUST DIE PIRATEBAY!!!
The PirateBay founders: Well one of our friends is dying already so why don't you just get it over with.
livebriand
November 04, 2011 at 4:17pm
Gee... just like DRM, people WILL FIND WAYS AROUND IT. It happens EVERY time! Besides, even if they get taken down there, other sites exist. If they are blocked via DNS, people will just start using their IP. Besides, there are things that I think just aren't worth paying for and therefore I will pirate (or otherwise live without). Adobe software, for instance...
RUSENSITIVESWEETNESS
November 04, 2011 at 3:37pm
I think I'll upload a couple terabytes tonight, just as a little wink to the RIAA.
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