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The Pirate Bay Now Blocked In Chrome, Firefox, And Safari (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the malvertising-suspected dept.

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.

4 of 202 comments (clear)

  1. Blame DRM by barlevg · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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.

  2. Seems to be an SSL issue? by Cow+Jones · · Score: 3, Interesting
    It's true that I can't connect to https://thepiratebay.se/ in Firefox, but the error message doesn't really indicate anything that would make me look for a conspiracy:

    Secure Connection Failed

    An error occurred during a connection to thepiratebay.se. SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length. Error code: SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG

    The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
    Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

    I see these warnings from time to time... maybe they just messed up their SSL config.

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    Ah, arrogance and stupidity, all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari
  3. no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't want to subscribe to HBO. I want to subscribe the Game of Thrones. Not the rest of your crap.

  4. Re:Don't want HBO? Buy discs. by thewolfkin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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.

    But The Oatmeal taught me that having to wait for disc releases is an unreasonable burden and it's unfair to ask that of someone.

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    Just another second banana