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Finnish ISP Forced To Block the Pirate Bay

Posted by Unknown on from the if-you-can't-beat-them-ban-them dept.

Apotekaren writes "The Finnish ISP Elisa has been forced to block several domains leading to the infamous torrent-tracker site The Pirate Bay following a court case initiated by IFPI Finland... The Helsinki District Court ruled in favor of IFPI Finland in October, but the ISP resisted implementing the block until today because of the terms of the block not being specific enough. The ISP is calling the block 'temporary' and is appealing the court decision." Analysis from Torrent Freak shows that the block is probably easily circumvented.

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  1. Unfortunately by Moheeheeko · · Score: 3, Informative

    This will include those of us who dont torrent music/movies/games. Some of us torrent to correct social injustices, like having to buy a $100, 100 megabyte program to play blu-rays on the blu-ray drive I legally purchased.

  2. Re:Not only domains by Smallpond · · Score: 3, Informative

    I bought the same mp3 twice from Amazon on two different accounts and compared them - bit for bit the same, so I guess this doesn't apply to all.

  3. A Finn checking in.. by blind+biker · · Score: 5, Informative

    It appears that the block isn't functional yet. I can normally access thepiratebay.org. It's rather hilarious, as I am greeted with a demotivational poster featuring the "sponsor" of the legal action by IFPI.

    By the way, if anyone in IFPI is reading: FUCK YOU IFPI YOU USELESS PIECE OF SHIT! HOPE THE INEVITABLE NEW TIMES WIPE YOU UNDER THE GROUND WHERE YOU ALWAYS BELONGED!
    Thank you for reading. Also, if you do work for IFPI, please consider a more honourable profession, such as drug trafficking or prostitution.

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    1. Re:A Finn checking in.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      I may be on a different ISP, but I'm getting a NXDOMAIN and a routing failure there. No sign of redirection to any web pages mentioning IFPI.

  4. Re:Not only domains by FutureDomain · · Score: 3, Informative

    For those that don't know steam is a game launcher that likes to advertise whenever it feels like it, the equivalent of some of the android apps that use ads to make money, but a little bit more annoying.

    If you don't want to see them, there's a box in "Settings->Interface->Notify me about additions or changes to my games, new releases, and upcoming releases" that you can uncheck to disable it. Personally, I keep it on because I like to see what's being discounted. If they had a way to notify me when one of the items in my wishlist was on sale, I might prefer that instead.

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