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The Pirate Bay Now Blocked In Chrome, Firefox, And Safari (torrentfreak.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari are actively blocking direct access to The Pirate Bay. Kickass Torrents suffered such a similar incident last month, because of the intermediary confirmation screen that appeared every time users navigated away from the site.
The reason why these three browsers block access to The Pirate Bay is unknown, but it could be related to a malvertising campaign that has plagued the site for more than two weeks. Two weeks ago, the malvertising campaign intensified right when season six of Game of Thrones premiered.
Meanwhile, HBO is contacting sites asking them to remove Game of Thrones torrents, and sending thousands of copyright infringement warnings to ISPs, urging them to remind pirates that they can stream HBO content legally after purchasing a subscription to HBO.
The reason why these three browsers block access to The Pirate Bay is unknown, but it could be related to a malvertising campaign that has plagued the site for more than two weeks. Two weeks ago, the malvertising campaign intensified right when season six of Game of Thrones premiered.
Meanwhile, HBO is contacting sites asking them to remove Game of Thrones torrents, and sending thousands of copyright infringement warnings to ISPs, urging them to remind pirates that they can stream HBO content legally after purchasing a subscription to HBO.
They can be pretty nasty. Since it's illegal, they don't mind using illegal means to try to make money, such as compromising your computer and installing malware.
Be careful, folks. :)
You make it sound like non-torrent sites aren't nasty.
I subscribe to HBO. I own a TiVo. But HBO forces TiVo to prevent copying of HBO content off the TiVo and onto, say, a mobile device (note that this is not a problem with most TiVo content). Thus, if I want to watch an HBO show on the subway, I have no choice but to download it illegally.
And that's the real problem that the media monopolies refuse to acknowledge. I will gladly pay for content. Seriously, I want to give you my money. But, in return, I want to download it to my computer's hard drive with no DRM. Otherwise, fuck you. I'll get it from unlegal sources.
worse here. To watch GoT you need sky basic NZ$50 + HBO NZ$10 a month. Thats NZ$120. BUT.... you MUST have a 12 month subscription so that comes to NZ$720 NO, I don't want sky. If this were me buying Milk I would find that Milk costs $5, but you must buy $60 worth of other groceries you don't want first, and you must buy those groceries every week for a year. Only then can you get the milk. Now I do pay NZ$12 a month for Netflix, unlimited viewing of large volume of content where I choose to watch what I want when I want on what device I choose, where ever I want, AND 2 other people in my house can do the same. So I am NOT going to pay more than that for content I am forced to watch when THEY want me to only on ONE device and then have to suffer adverts too. Can I subscribe to HBO, no. Stop setting up anti-competitive systems
I don't want to subscribe to HBO. I want to subscribe the Game of Thrones.
You can do that by buying each season's DVD or BD set as it comes out.
I subscribe to HBO. I own a TiVo. But HBO forces TiVo to prevent copying of HBO content off the TiVo and onto, say, a mobile device (note that this is not a problem with most TiVo content). Thus, if I want to watch an HBO show on the subway, I have no choice but to download it illegally.
And that's the real problem that the media monopolies refuse to acknowledge. I will gladly pay for content. Seriously, I want to give you my money. But, in return, I want to download it to my computer's hard drive with no DRM. Otherwise, fuck you. I'll get it from unlegal sources.
Here in Australia, the only way you can watch it is to subscribe to FoxTel (one of the few choices for PayTV). It doesn't put things like Game of Thrones on their basic packages - so it can cost you up to $80/mo to see a season of GoT.
So, we download it from a service that is another letter on top of that time syncing protocol, and all is well.
Then delete it and buy the HD version from Google Play when it becomes available.
Sendmail is like emacs: A nice operating system, but missing an editor and a MTA.
Meanwhile, HBO is contacting sites asking them to remove Game of Thrones torrents, and sending thousands of copyright infringement warnings to ISPs, urging them to remind pirates that they can stream HBO content legally after purchasing a subscription to HBO.
Erhm, I think ca 93% of the world cannot subscribe to HBO, due to HBO not making themselves available.
Why the fuck would anyone willingly do that? Your social security sucks, your healthcare sucks, your retirement plans suck and the working conditions do, too.
Seriously, how fucked up must the conditions in your country be that you want to go to the US?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.