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RadioTimes.com Accidentally Included In UK Antipiracy Blocking

Posted by Unknown on from the silly-citizen-you're-not-a-rightsholder dept.

Techmeology writes "Legitimate TV schedule website RadioTimes.com was briefly blocked by ISPs Be Broadband and Virgin Media as a result of the site's shared IP address. This comes days after it was discovered that Sky's system is vulnerable to DNS attacks that lead to TorrentFreak being blocked accidentally."

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  1. It's not accidental. by bmo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There are those in broadcasting that still view the Internet as "the enemy" and that even program listings somehow deserve "copyright" - even after 31 years of TCP/IP Internet.

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    BMO

    (I deliberately didn't include pre-tcp/ip Arpanet/Tymnet, etc.)

  2. Be & Sky by Warbothong · · Score: 5, Informative

    This kind of nonsense is exactly why I left Be when they were bought by Sky.

    I'm now with Andrews & Arnold, who's registration process forces me to opt-out of any censorship http://aa.net.uk/kb-broadband-unfiltered.html