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YouTube Blocked in Brazil

Posted by Zonk on from the down-with-love dept.

keeboo writes "The popular video sharing site YouTube is now blocked in Brazil due to a local court decision last Thursday. The site was ordered to block the uploaded sex videos of Brazilian media starlet Daniela Cicarelli and, although it complied, many users kept re-uploading it to the site. After the failure of YouTube to keep the video off of the site, the domain was blocked nationwide at a DNS level. Predictably, many Brazilians are annoyed and I've started to receive even SPAMs protesting on this blocking. From the article: 'The case now goes automatically to a three-member panel of judges who will decide whether to make the order permanent and whether to fine YouTube as much as US$119,000 (euro91,000) for each day the video was viewable, said Rubens Decousseau Tilkian.'"

8 of 387 comments (clear)

  1. Of course! by Jason+Straight · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course they are all angry it's blocked! They want to see the damn video!

  2. Not so sure... by srgvie · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not sure about this post.Im accessing youtube right now.

  3. Only 119,000 a day? by canyon289 · · Score: 4, Funny

    In international news, The Brazilian goverment has just recieved 10 shares of Google.

  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. Re:Work around? by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

    After all, the Intarnet was designed to route pr0n around a nuclear war--it has special tubes for that!

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  6. Re:The inevietable obligatory question. by Otter · · Score: 4, Funny
    Bah, it doesn't even have anything explicit (other than a very blurry image of a couple making out in skimpy clothes).

    And almost all of it seems to have taken place at public places (i.e. beaches, parties etc.)

    I believe that wearing skimpy clothing to the beach is considered very scandalous in Brazil.

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  7. Re:Work around? by Osty · · Score: 5, Funny

    After all, the Intarnet was designed to route pr0n around a nuclear war--it has special tubes for that!

    Fallopian tubes?

  8. Re:Work around? by kennygraham · · Score: 5, Funny

    After all, the Intarnet was designed to route pr0n around a nuclear war--it has special tubes for that!

    Fallopian tubes?

    only people on slashdot need a wikipedia link to know what fallopian tubes are. after all, they're somewhat related to sex.