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Hundreds of IP Addresses Make Pirate Bay a Hard Target

Posted by timothy on from the fleeting-contact-on-the-sonar dept.

jones_supa writes "Last week The Pirate Bay added a new IP address which allows users to circumvent the many court-ordered blockades against the site. While this proved to be quite effective, the Hollywood backed anti-piracy group BREIN has already been to court to demand a block against this new address. But that won't deter The Pirate Bay, who say they are fully prepared for an extended game of whac-a-mole using the hundreds of IP addresses they have available. Courts all around the world have ordered Internet providers to block subscriber access to the torrent site, and the end is still not in sight."

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  1. oblig. leia by niftydude · · Score: 5, Funny

    The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.

    --
    You can never know everything, and part of what you do know will always be wrong. Perhaps even the most important part.
    1. Re:oblig. leia by tnk1 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.

      Just remind me not to be on Alderaan when he's in the process of figuring that out.

    2. Re:oblig. leia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's not a question of substance, it's a question of style -- you can't just walk in and say Star Wars sucks, you have to pose your opinion of it as a quote or reference from some other SF/F/other geek-friendly-genre work. For example, dissing Star Wars in Klingon would have gotten him applause.

    3. Re:oblig. leia by idontgno · · Score: 3, Funny

      As you can see, my young apprentice, your friends have failed. Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL IP Law!

      --US Senator Palpatine

      --
      Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
    4. Re:oblig. leia by Mr2cents · · Score: 4, Funny

      Great. Now entire hordes of geeks are grabbing for their light sabres, and the entire discussion will be about Star Wars, instead of TPB. Well played, MPAA.

      --
      "It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton LaVey
  2. Re:Poisoned forever? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I also would have expected that it wouldn't be that hard for the courts to find out what IPs TPB already own, so they can block them proactively?

    Start using the IP addresses of politicians' websites as claimed alternate IP addresses, see if you can get the court to order the blocking of people who will not take that sort of thing lying down. (Yes, it would cut multiple ways at once but the shitstorm would be funny.)

  3. Re:An example by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I love Photoshop. I know it well, and can do things in it far easier than I can in GIMP, largely because of experience, but I do not have the time to invest to learn GIMP well.

    If I want to make a quick button for me website, or clean up a photo, or make a nice card from my girlfriend, it is the tool I go to.

    Dude, if you have time to make yourself nice cards from your imaginary girlfriend, you have enough time to learn GIMP.