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02 blocks access to The Pirate Bay

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 08 Jun 2012 12:00 User comments (9)

02 blocks access to The Pirate Bay O2 is the latest ISP to block access to The Pirate Bay.
The move follows last month's UK High Court Order, and O2 is just the latest of the broadband companies to follow the order.

Says a spokesperson: "The main U.K. internet providers were ordered by the high court to block access to specific IP addresses and URLs used by The Pirate Bay website."

At the time of the ruling, BPI CEO Geoff Taylor said: "The High Court has confirmed that The Pirate Bay infringes copyright on a massive scale. Its operators line their pockets by commercially exploiting music and other creative works without paying a penny to the people who created them. This is wrong - musicians, sound engineers and video editors deserve to be paid for their work just like everyone else."

Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk and Virgin Media have already blocked the site. BT is appealing.

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9 user comments

18.6.2012 02:22

Big deal, for $5 a month(I actually pay 4.95 a month, torrents allowed...), which is as much or less than a mixed drink, you can get a reliable Proxy/VPN service and they can kiss your arse with all the blockades they put up...
Be invisible, show them the finger...:
http://bit.ly/KSOyjr

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 08 Jun 2012 @ 2:23

28.6.2012 03:34

Dear Govts., there's No Oil on the internet.
1K free proxies if your Govt. censor you:
http://wiki.cryto.net/doku.php?id=resou...:anonymity:http

For Proxies updates, follow: #AnonProxies @AnonProxies
or http://anon-proxies.com

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 11 Jun 2012 @ 4:39

38.6.2012 10:07

Most free proxies are worth exactly what you pay for them.

48.6.2012 10:56

Wonder who paid the UK High Court to pass this lousy legislation?

TPB doesn't infringe on anything, that's the BS ruse. By proxy 'maybe, but not blatantly; so how you prosecute the law makers is starting to become foreign to me.

I really am serious, all the science fiction novels/comic books I read as a kid & young adult are coming back to haunt me.

515.6.2012 07:35

I bet u could get on it using the "back door", thank you opera browser, for allowing me to visit 18+ websites on my phone without paying O2 the age verifier fee, "I'm on a contract u leeches of course I'm over 18".
Beating the system, small victories in life to cheer me up!!
Lol

715.6.2012 15:20

Originally posted by tongs007:
http://about.thepiratecove.co.uk/proxy_list.html
Gotta love it... No, really! You simply have just gotta love it! I know I do...

815.6.2012 15:23

Originally posted by LordRuss:
Originally posted by tongs007:
http://about.thepiratecove.co.uk/proxy_list.html
Gotta love it... No, really! You simply have just gotta love it! I know I do...
if that was sarcastic ive gotta love it, if it wasn't ive gotta love it ;)

915.6.2012 15:47

Originally posted by tongs007:
if that was sarcastic ive gotta love it, if it wasn't ive gotta love it ;)
Pure 100% love... No filler here man... No Old Fat Bastard (OFB) sarcasm here. Been kinda preaching it for a few years now... Eggheads will find take millions of dollars & years to find a way to shut the people out & a few creative minds & well meaning deviants will undermine them in less than 24 hours.

Damn right I love it! I worked with these guys in the entertainment industry & the military alike. Wouldn't have it any other way.

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