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Movie Industry Wants Irish ISPs To Block Pirate Movie Streaming Portals (torrentfreak.com)
The Motion Picture Association is trying to have three popular streaming portals blocked by Irish Internet providers. In a new court case, the movie studios describe movie4k.to, primewire.ag and onwatchseries.to as massive copyright infringement hubs, with each offering thousands of infringing movies. From a TorrentFreak report: RTE reports that the MPA's fresh blocking demands are targeting a total of eight ISPs -- Eir, Sky Ireland, Vodafone Ireland, Virgin Media Ireland, Three Ireland, Digiweb, Imagine Telecommunications and Magnet Networks. Based on yesterday's hearing it appears to be only a matter of time before the three sites will be blocked. None of the ISPs have raised principle objections against a court determination in this case. That said, reports suggest that there are still a few finer details that have to be worked out, which could include issues regarding costs and the technical implementation.
Otherwise my girlfriend will get very, very angry, and I'm going to be the one who has to 'fix' the streaming for her *again*...
(Before someone asks: No, the obscure old TV series she likes to watch are not available for purchase where we live.)
Block it! NOW! Call the government!
Dat's where dah Debil stays!
All the "celebrities" taking political stands these days has turned into a nice money saving opportunity. Bring on the torrents!
Where one falls, two shall rise in its place.
You can have it fast, accurate, or pretty. Pick any 2.
Same for dumpster diving. That store throwing out the food meant it to go. You are stealing from them by not buying the fresh stuff. Companies are entitled to profits and you are entitled to deal with it.
Its time for vpn., and busoness as usual.
Its stupid steps to block. They cant stop the supplier, so they focus now on the consumer. It will be efficient only 15%, no more.
Torrents is another alternative, its not as smooth as streaming, but gets the job done. Webtorrent+vpn, all u need. I recommend "pia vpn".
Movie Industry Wants Irish^H^H^H^H^HALL ISPs To Block Pirate Movie Streaming Portals
There, fixed that for you.
TIL of movie4k.to, primewire.ag and onwatchseries.
For those who haven't heard the joke (it's an old one):
Tommy O’Connor went to confession and said, “Forgive me father for I have sinned.”
“What have you done, Tommy O’Connor?”
“I had sex with a girl.”
”Who was it, Tommy?”
“I cannot tell you father, please forgive me for my sin.”
”Was it Mary Margaret Sullivan?”
“No father, please forgive me for my sin but I cannot tell you who it was.”
“Was it Catherine Mary McKenzie?”
“No father, please forgive me for my sin.”
“Well then it has to be Sarah Martha O’Keefe.”
“No father, please forgive me, I cannot tell you who it was.”
”Okay, Tommy go say 5 Hail Mary’s and 4 Our Fathers and you will be absolved of your sin.”
So Tommy walked out to the pews where his friend Joseph was waiting.
“What did ya get?” asked Joseph.
“Well I got 5 Hail Mary’s, 4 Our Fathers, and 3 good leads.”
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - Philip K. Dick
Go to court specifically for each site and rule specifically for each site. Proof required of infringement. That is how it should be handled instead of blanket shutdowns upon simple requests.
Then the plaintiff should pay all legal costs of the ISP as well as execution costs.
The rest of the world wants ISP all over the globe to finally block the Movie industry from interfering with our streaming.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I did not know about those sites. I will make sure to bookmark them. Thanks, MPA.
What I don't get is this:
1) For those in the US, and have access to the a public library - you can get many of these series by just requesting at your library. Yes, your tax payer money paid for the public library but
2) If that is the case, why isn't the movie industry getting mad at public libraries? They are pissed just because people are making it easier? That they don't buy their $5 a month crappy service?
3) You can do the same with Music as well.
Does anyone have any common sense any more?
Watching feature films movies is like watching paint dry. I never did understand the attraction of "movies" oh dear, I just do not fit in with this type of stuff.
I think I will try one of these horror films and try to find one without bad music and lots of annoying screaming.
The names are corny and the picture on the front of them is silly and probably has nothing to do with the film.
They all seem to be the same. Somebody tell me a name I want to try to fit in.
Is always nice to update your list with extra streaming sites.
In Greece the equivalent of MPAA/RIAA tried to force all the national ISPs to block access to various torrent sites domestic ones and foreign(eg kickass piratebay) via the courts. But the courts denied it. The reasoning was(amongst other things) that citizens have a right to information and the right to communicate. You cannot blanket ban all connections to such sites regardless of the content moved via individual connections. I think the fact that these sites also had legal content(eg linux isos) played a role in the decision. Also the judges seemed to understand the concept of the bittorrent protocol pretty well. They understood that the sites didn't have the infringing content nor did they serve it. They understood that .torrent files are metadata files and infringing content sharing happens between peers/users.
Also another reason is that such a ban puts a big burden on the ISPs to maintain ip black lists. And finally, they didn't award any restraining measures(ie forcing ISPs to ban specific IPs/domains) because the understood the fact that it is incredibly easy to circumvent those by moving the domain or changing domain. So any measures awarded wouldn't actually protect the rights of the offended party.
Most folks here probably wouldn't have known about these three sites had they not been given free publicity courtesy of the MPAA!
'The Economy' is a giant Ponzi scheme whose most pitiable suckers are the youngest among us and the yet-unborn.
... anyway.
Owners can play whack-a-mole through the courts, but binary is public domain and don't give a shit.
As soon as IP is digitized, it's in the public domain "est quod est."
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Know what's smarter than a mother fucker with a computer?
Another mother fucker with a computer. ~ © 2017 CaptainDork
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
Although Arkell v. Pressdram was a libel case in Egland, the principle is still applicable here.
Namely, what would happen if the ISPs told the MPAA to fuck off?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
The UK/Virgin censorship firewall has already blocked those sites. Apart from the slow internet speeds and high crime, I miss living in Honduras. They don't block sites there.