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British Ban Spikes Pirate Bay Traffic
New submitter sleiper writes "Today sees UK ISPs begin to block access for their subscribers to the Pirate Bay URL. Sky, Talk Talk, Virgin Media and O2 have already blocked access and the UK's biggest provider, BT, are currently reviewing their legal position. This access ban however has seen The Pirate Bay's traffic spike to 12 million more page views than their previous daily record. It seems obvious that a message is being sent, that this type of censorship is not the way forward. The Pirate Bay keeps on sailing.""
I couldn't possibly find another site to replace it.
Either that, or a Streisand effect: A whole bunch of brits wondering what this pirate bay thingy in the papers is about, and going to take a look.
You can never know everything, and part of what you do know will always be wrong. Perhaps even the most important part.
They don't have a precedent. They just made a ruling. One which can be challenged. Only if it is not challenged will it become a precedent. So, all you Brits, time to step up. You paid for access to the internet. If they are not giving you the access you paid for, demand your money back. Sue the ISPs. Sue parliament.
If you are not allowed to question your government then the government has answered your question.
Since they are raping nothing (no such thing as intellectual property), the pirates are in fact NOT rapists.
Have you ever repeated a number in your life? Then by your own definition, that would make YOU a rapist.
“It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see...”
“You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?”
“No,” said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, “nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people.”
“Odd,” said Arthur, “I thought you said it was a democracy.”
“I did,” said Ford. “It is.”
“So,” said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, “why don’t people get rid of the lizards?”
“It honestly doesn’t occur to them,” said Ford. “They’ve all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they’ve voted in more or less approximates to the government they want.”
“You mean they actually vote for the lizards?”
“Oh yes,” said Ford with a shrug, “of course.”
“But,” said Arthur, going for the big one again, “why?”
“Because if they didn’t vote for a lizard,” said Ford, “the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?”