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Italian Court Rules ISPs Must Block Access To Pirate Bay
introt writes "After first being blocked in 2008, an Italian court has once again ruled that ISPs in the nation must block access to the infamous torrent tracker The Pirate Bay, leaving millions of users without access to one of the most popular sites on the planet. In the original case, after an appeal by the Pirate Bay, the Court of Bergamo ruled that foreign websites cannot be blocked over alleged copyright infringement. Fast forward until today and the Supreme Court has ruled that ISPs can indeed be forced to block torrent sites, even if they are foreign-based."
Blocking even through a proxy, this should be good. Like patching the wholes in a screen.
...Norway says s'ok! http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jLc2Sd0IGZ0-56w-d7FAPNImTzZw
TFA and TFS both say that ISP's are required to block access to TPB's "Tracker". TFA goes on to mention "sites offering torrent links" but doesn't seem to make a distinction between .torrent files and the notorious "tracker".
Which is it? Because TPB shut down their tracker a couple of months ago
Lemme know of another way to test a game to see if it's shit before buying it (no refunds, after all), or locate a stupidly-hard-to-find-movie that Amazon, your local retailers, and your local rental places don't carry.
I don't see why PC gamers should be fucked when it comes to seeing if a game's shitty just because of piracy concerns. I don't want to give my money to someone who doesn't deserve it, and there's a number of games that getting to rent it for a couple days, or even getting a *proper* demo (none of this 15 minute bullshit) would let me know to either spend the $50-$60, or move on.
As for my other scenario, I wanna watch a movie. The entire point of making a movie is to have people watch it. I did my dues, checking all the channels that would result in revenue for the creator, but they didn't see fit to exercise those options, or keep those options open, for some reason. If I've done my part in attempting to pay, why should I then not be able to watch it freely? It's not like they're losing a sale, and if I find it ever, I'll buy it (done that more than once).
So no, it isn't true that "The only reason someone would go to TPB would be to obtain copyrighted material without the need to pay for the material."
Canada: The US's more awesome sibling.
You forgot the next step--ISP's will start actively blocking proxies and proxy list sites. It's only a matter of time before it happens in the U.S. too. And geeks who say that such blocks are trivial to get around have never had to deal with well-maintained blockers like Websense.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Unless, of course, they make it illegal to use encryption, except when connecting to a website in a list of licensed businesses.
The simple, awful truth is that the Internet will go away eventually. It got this far because it caught the people in power - both businesses and politicians - by surprise; it will be killed as a communication medium eventually.
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