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UK Court Orders Block of Three Torrent Sites

Posted by samzenpus on from the bad-list dept.

angry tapir writes "A court in the U.K. has ordered key Internet service providers in the country to block three torrent sites on a complaint from music labels including EMI Records and Sony Music. The High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, ordered six ISPs including Virgin Media, British Telecommunications and British Sky Broadcasting to block H33t, Kickass Torrents and Fenopy."

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  1. My first response is "Must check out those sites" by viking80 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My first response is "Must check out those sites".

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  2. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What will that accomplish?

    Invest in VPN service providers.

    1. Re:So... by deains · · Score: 4, Insightful

      There are a million and one proxies for Pirate Bay that are accessible in the UK. As far as I know none of these have been shut down by authorities since TPB itself was banned in the country. So if we assume the same model here then chances are proxy sites will be left alone.
       
      Nothing to say the BPI/government (more or less the same thing now) might not change tack of course.

    2. Re:So... by cheater512 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      They don't sell the product the torrent sites provide.
      I.e. DRM free video downloadable (not streamed) and released nearly at the same time world wide (some of us aren't in the US)

      The day they sell the product then let me know.

    3. Re:So... by AmiMoJo · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The Pirate Party UK proxy was shut down by legal threats.

      To the BPI: stop breaking my fucking internet. You added a fiver a month to my bill for a VPN, which I am deducting from the money I would otherwise have spend on your products.

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  3. Re:My first response is "Must check out those site by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My first response is "Must check out those sites".

    If you're in the UK, you may wish to use a VPN or suchlike. Until they're made illegal outside "reputable corporations".

    There's no need to use a VPN. The sites will simply pop up under various URL/domains. Some of them already have.

  4. Re:My first response is "Must check out those site by Fluffeh · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's no need to use a VPN. The sites will simply pop up under various URL/domains. Some of them already have.

    Indeed, the first thing I thought when this came up was: Here we go, the greatest whack-a-mole game in history is about to begin...

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  5. Re:My first response is "Must check out those site by phantomfive · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My guess is, if you haven't heard of them, it's probably because you don't do much torrenting. That was my first response, too.

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