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Pirate Bay Block Lifted In the Netherlands

Posted by timothy on from the blood-in-the-streets dept.

swinferno writes "The Dutch ISPs Ziggo and XS4all are no longer required to block access to the websites of The Pirate Bay. [Original in Dutch; here's Google's translation.] This has been decided by the court in The Hague. The blockade has proven to be ineffective. The Dutch anti-piracy organization BREIN will have to reimburse legal costs of €326,000. The internet provider XS4ALL has already started lifting the ban. The website of The Pirate Bay was ordered to be blocked by the two major ISPs in January 2012. Recent studies by Amsterdam University and CentERdata showed that this did not reduce the number of downloads from illegal sources. Many people circumvented the blockade."

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  1. Recent studies by Thanshin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Recent studies by Amsterdam University and CentERdata.showed that this did not reduce the number of downloads from illegal sources.

    It must be sad to make studies about the obvious.

    You go have a beer with friends and they ask you "hey! What are you studying now?"

    "I''ve proven that blocking thepiratebay doesn't reduce the number of illegal downloads", you say low voice while fiddling with the peanuts.

    And then they look at you as if you were retarded.

    1. Re:Recent studies by telchine · · Score: 4, Funny

      I tip my hat to the Dutch judges or politicians who reserve judgement

      Judges that reserve judgement? That's just ridiculous, not to mention selfish!

      If I were a judge I'd hand out judgement freely to anyone who asked for it. Hell, even some who didn't! I'd be dedicated to my job!

    2. Re:Recent studies by c · · Score: 4, Funny

      And then they look at you as if you were retarded.

      ... and yet, it's far better than saying "I've been thinking of going into politics".

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      Log in or piss off.
  2. What's Pirate Bay? by RivenAleem · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that some sister site to Pirate Proxy?

  3. Re:Um.. by jones_supa · · Score: 3, Funny

    Temperature 6 C, light rain. Not that summery in Netherlands right now.