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Some Users Unable to Reach The Pirate Bay

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Re: Some Users Unable to Reach The Pirate Bay

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Post by scrrr »

Assuming this is really an attempt to block user's access to .torrent-files then it is a futile one. There are many other Torrent trackers serving the same files (or at least files that point to the same files), technical means to circumvent such blocks and, last but not least, many other ways to get the same material without using BitTorrent.

I feel like Captain Obvious writing this, but apparently it's not clear to those advocating and implementing such measures.

However, there's always a chance that some legislation exists that allows to block access to sites very quickly upon complaints from allegedly discriminated parties. Not being from the US I don't really know, but it seems to be that that would be a worrying sign of an upcoming culture of information censorship.

And if it is, then I wonder if there are representatives in the country that would defend the Internet user's rights. Perhaps I am totally misinformed, but from what I've read it would be hard to find a politician in the USA that is not endorsed by one big company or another. If that is so, can one expect their help on behalf of the people?

Re: Some Users Unable to Reach The Pirate Bay

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Post by montagg »

indie69 wrote: post #19
EwanToo wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Comcast are denying deliberately blocking it, from their Twitter customer support team: "We don't block websites. But did escalate and looking into it" http://twitter.com/#!/ComcastBill/status/68657127429910528

Fascinating. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now, but didn't they deny blocking bittorrent in general before they finally admitted it later and stopped? Do you trust them? Do you think customer relations would be let in on what would obviously be a PR nightmare? I worked for AT&T and was regularly left in the dark, finding out later on that what I was told to say was in fact not the truth. I'm not putting…

I'm on Time Warner in California, and I'm not able to access the site either. Likely some other issue.

Re: Some Users Unable to Reach The Pirate Bay

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Post by oinksoft »

scrrr wrote: post #34

Assuming this is really an attempt to block user's access to .torrent-files then it is a futile one. There are many other Torrent trackers serving the same files (or at least files that point to the same files), technical means to circumvent such blocks and, last but not least, many other ways to get the same material without using BitTorrent. I feel like Captain Obvious writing this, but apparently it's not clear to…

To tell you the truth, I don't know of any other good sites that have stuck it out. Is there some resource for this? At one time Mininova et. al. were viable, if not superior, alternatives, but if I recall, several of these sites went offline or legit late 2008.
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