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Pirate Bay Criticizes Anonymous' Attack On Virgin

Posted by timothy on from the leave-that-virgin-alone! dept.

judgecorp writes "Anonymous launched a DDoS attack on Virgin Media, apparently in protest at Virgin's decision to block the Pirate Bay. Now the Pirate Bay has criticized Anonymous, saying it doesn't support DDoS as a form of protest. The statement is interesting, given that Anonymous has been attacking music industry sites and other targets for some years, saying it is in support of the Pirate Bay."

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  1. It's not interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The statement is interesting, given that Anonymous has been attacking music industry sites and other targets for some years, saying it is in support of the Pirate Bay.

    How is that "interesting"? 'Anonymous' are a bunch of cyberthugs which is not the crowd of people The Pirate Bay want to be associated with and they have never wanted to be associated with. The Pirate Bay is trying to legitimately fight for copyright reform and having a bunch of script kiddies attach people in their name undermines that effort.

    1. Re:It's not interesting by Requiem18th · · Score: 4, Insightful

      More to the point. TPB's goal is freedom of speech and access to information. They are not about to punish someone for what the say by trashing their website.

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  2. Re:Bystanders by MightyYar · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's using a grenade to take out a single guy on a bus.

    That's very true, but it may well be that Anonymous doesn't have many other weapons. If all you have is a grenade, pretty soon every problem looks like a foxhole :)

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  3. Re:Bystanders by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's like using a grenade to take out a guy on a bus and hitting the wrong bus.
    The actual bus the guy is on is behind the one you nailed, and all you did was get him stuck in traffic.

  4. PR by davegravy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wow... The Pirate Bay is making public relations announcements. If that isn't a sign that the site now exists more for political reasons than to be complicit in piracy, I don't know what is.

  5. Much more interesting comment... by gstrickler · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From TFA:

    “As a responsible ISP, Virgin Media complies with court orders but we strongly believe that tackling the issue of copyright infringement needs compelling legal alternatives, giving consumers access to great content at the right price, to help change consumer behaviour.”

    I find that far more interesting than TPB distancing themselves from Anonymous.

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