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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. 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: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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