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Romanian ISP blocks torrent site

TF is reporting that Romanian ISP UPC Romania subscribers headed to the large Romanian torrent site Torrentbits.ro will have blocked access, another setback for the site which has been trying to come back since it was raided by the police last year.

The new move by the ISP mirrors that of the more famous case involving the The Pirate Bay in which all Italian ISPs blocked the site at the pressuring of the IFPI. The Pirate Bay successfully won an appeal in court however and is now unblocked in the country.



UPC Romania has over 1 million subscribers currently and users had been reporting problems accessing the site for days. Users from other ISPs receive this message on the frontage however, addressing the problem.



Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 11 Oct 2008 17:45

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• 13thHouR

  Q. What is open DNS?
  

  The RIAA - BPI - IFPI - CRIA - Ect - Ect Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
  The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.
  
  Dont allow them to hide behind the trade body names, name and shame em.

  12.10.2008 03:39 #1

• miltex

  Who would think this could happen in Romania ?
  

  When the chips are down, you can count on miltex !

  12.10.2008 09:26 #2

• plazma247

  Originally posted by 13thHouR: Q. What is open DNS?A. A Good Idea
  
  and Cough Proxy servers ;)

  13.10.2008 03:09 #3