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High Court orders UK ISPs to block multiple file sharing sites

The UK High Court has ruled today that BSkyB, BT, Virgin Media, EE, Talk Talk and O2 must block access to three large file sharing websites.

Per the ruling, the ISPs must now "take measures to block or at least impede access by their customers" to Kickass Torrents, H33T and Fenopy.



Between the six ISPs, 94 percent of the UK broadband market will be covered, effectively killing the sites in the nations.

The case was brought to the court by the major record labels, and was also supported by the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

Each of the torrent sites are major players, with Kickass ranking in the top 100 most trafficked sites in the world by most counts.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 28 Feb 2013 23:28

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• 13 comments

• megadunderhead

  except they will just change there ip address avoid the block and tell you to go to heck in a hand basket
  

  1.3.2013 02:21 #1

• ThePastor

  And que rotating IP addresses in 3.... 2.... 1....
  

  Oh, Im sorry... Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?

  1.3.2013 15:24 #2

• tongs007

  Or they will just put out proxies like they did here in the UK when piratebay was blocked http://www.piratebayproxylist.com/
  Mods i am not talking about piracy I am simply showing they cant close freedom of speech, especially on the WORLD WIDE WEB

  1.3.2013 15:51 #3

• Bozobub

  Originally posted by tongs007: Or they will just put out proxies like they did here in the UK when piratebay was blocked http://www.piratebayproxylist.com/
  Mods i am not talking about piracy I am simply showing they cant close freedom of speech, especially on the WORLD WIDE WEB
  That's a false assumption, folks, because it *IS* possible to pretty thoroughly censor the internet. It's just that most countries have laws against such practices (to some degree or another) and/or they just don't bother.
  
  Complacently saying, "they cant close freedom of speech, especially on the WORLD WIDE WEB" is a recipe for disaster. If you don't agree, shall I start mentioning SOPA, PIPA, DMCA, and such..?

  1.3.2013 18:58 #4

• Interestx

  Why do they bother?
  
  It's no different to taping a film or song off the radio.
  
  Greedy SOBs.
  

  1.3.2013 20:24 #5

• smg

  Originally posted by Interestx: Why do they bother?
  
  It's no different to taping a film or song off the radio.
  
  Greedy SOBs.

  1.3.2013 21:15 #6

• smg

  It's only a matter of time.....they might substitute trojans into a banned websites stream to infect you if they really wanted to I think.
  

  1.3.2013 21:17 #7

• JGJD2001

  free advertising and making it more well known
  
  lol
  
  i bet you some people never heard of these sites and now do :D

  2.3.2013 02:42 #8

• Jemborg

  They'll just change their name and addresses.
  

  Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
  
  
  

  2.3.2013 09:35 #9

• DoNotTrackMe

  a domain name cost $7/ year. they can constantly changing their names and IP addresses and google can always help you find the lastest address :)

  2.3.2013 09:42 #10

• Mrguss

  Just move the servers (website, etc.) to another country less corrupted by the copyright mafia.
  

  +5000

  3.3.2013 16:59 #11

• Bozobub

  That won't prevent blocking those sites, Mrguss.

  3.3.2013 17:01 #12

• Mrguss

  Originally posted by Bozobub: That won't prevent blocking those sites, Mrguss. Proxing is the way to go:
  http://www.padfilegenerator.com/downloa...proxy-generator
  

  +5000

  3.3.2013 17:58 #13