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Author:  pcernie [ Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:48 pm ]
Post subject:  O2 and Be Broadband are latest to block The Pirate Bay

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18358483

Update on the court-ordered FAIL :roll:

Author:  james016 [ Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:15 pm ]
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I get this message:
The page you're looking for has been blocked.

We're complying with a court order that means access to this website has
to be blocked to protect against copyright infringement.

That's on O2

Author:  pcernie [ Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:43 pm ]
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james016 wrote:
I get this message:
The page you're looking for has been blocked.

We're complying with a court order that means access to this website has
to be blocked to protect against copyright infringement.

That's on O2


+1, of course there's a well known torrent search engine that throws up all the other options. And Googling 'How do I get round the pirate bay block lol' probably works too...

Author:  belchingmatt [ Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:02 am ]
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BBC wrote:
A drop in file-sharing following a court ordered block of the Pirate Bay was short-lived, data seen by the BBC suggests.

A major UK internet service provider (ISP) said peer-to-peer (P2P) activity on its network returned to just below normal only a week after the measures were enforced earlier this year.


Quelle surprise! :lol: :roll:

Author:  hifidelity2 [ Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:11 am ]
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They did it on Vigin the other month - I now "understand" that if you go to a legitimate Political Partys Web site that they have a proxy

Author:  oceanicitl [ Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:27 am ]
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Pirate bay isn't the only site so not sure what this is achieving. I'm with Virgin so access is blocked but doesn't bother me.

Author:  belchingmatt [ Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:38 pm ]
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I think the point is that it hasn't achieved anything, well apart from a small blip.

Author:  oceanicitl [ Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:38 pm ]
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Torrent search

Author:  Linux_User [ Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:09 am ]
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Real men use isoHunt.

Author:  james016 [ Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:05 pm ]
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Some people use Opera's turbo mode.

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