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Thu, 14 May 2009 05:32:54 +0000

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By: Google cuts off uTorrent | Javi Pirate

Google cuts off uTorrent | Javi Pirate — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:32:20 +0000

[...] Now, “For reasons unknown,” Google is blocking the use of its search technology on the site, says TorrentFreak. [...]

By: Oh sh..

Oh sh.. — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:56:59 +0000

It’s the beginning of the end.
Google will first start censoring out individual requests, then more and more sites, clients, maybe even IP domains and complete filetypes or start a blackword/blacklist far beyond it’s current malware-warning-only scope.

The nazinet is coming, and it’s coming very, very fast.

Gee thanks big money/corporations/content raepw0nzers.

And after the censoring, we’ll go the next step, which is already in place in germany, and prosecute without assumption of prior innocence in realtime on simply TRYING TO ACCESS CONTENT that MIGHT be forbidden, as per the definition of those who choose what they want to be forbidden.

Oh Orwell, you were only off by 20ish years.

By: Bloodyscot

Bloodyscot — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:50:58 +0000

Google is working with MPAA/RIAA to make torrent files look bad right now. Google needs help with its deal on orphan copyrighted books. MPAA/RIAA doesn’t want to take Google to court because they might lose. The judge was wrong to say torrent files are illegal and he may have broken the law in doing so. TPB should have atleast tried to work with the takedown notices, to be sure it was covered by the safe harbor, the judge may have been right about that, its grey law at best so the higher courts will decide. Piracy is wrong but some of these new laws are almost as bad. Super long term copyrights/patents are bad for the world, just look back at want Edison tried to do 100 years ago.

By: Black pirate

Black pirate — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:21:09 +0000

i mean look just go to a torrent website fluck Google pus$ys

By: 96879

96879 — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:54:05 +0000

@58:
“Guns ie. can be used to protect og to scare/kill it is up to the person using it. … Try making a law against driving, and then see if anyone actually follows it :)”

Just for the sake of argument, but: 2.Speeding is still quite common (a law against ‘driving too fast’), and,
1.Protect(with gun) = scare/kill(with gun)

By: pd

pd — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:51:00 +0000

They have ‘no clue” ? Err, duh, maybe it’s because Google don’t want to be promoting piracy? Duh! Wake up!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:59:57 +0000

It’s because google wants nothing to do with it. Look what happend to TPB, they were pretty much like Google only for torrents, but Google do include torrents and they got even more indexed than TPB. They just want to stay under the radar so they dont get sued or anything.

By: In 10 years time

In 10 years time — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:39:57 +0000

@30

Uhh, Torrents are bad, m’kay. Y’all shouldn’t use Torrents. ‘Cause they’re bad, m’kay….

Goddam, you dumb.

By: allfun

allfun — Sat, 02 May 2009 10:39:34 +0000

I think the only reason (if) google is censoring, is that they dont want another one in the pile of lawsuits, this is simply buisness, and this is much cheaper than going to trial.

The only problem we have, as other techically knowing people already know, is that there is a huge difference between technology and breaking laws. That is, technology is just that, what people do with is isnt the creators fault. Guns ie. can be used to protect og to scare/kill it is up to the person using it.

Heres a fun thought, when have law ever beaten technologies development. Try making a law against driving, and then see if anyone actually follows it :)

Point being, that people like they decide what they use technology for, decide what laws they follow and those they dont. Usually people dont follow stupid laws.

When a law gets in the way. Use technology to bypass it :)

By: allfun

allfun — Sat, 02 May 2009 10:38:53 +0000

I think the only reason (if) google is censoring, is that they dont want another one in the pile of lawsuits, this is simply buisness, and this is much cheaper than going to trial.

Heres a fun thought, when have law ever beaten techonlogys development. Try making a law against driving, and then see if anyone actually follows it :)

Point being, that people like they decide what they use techonlogy for, decide what laws they follow and those they dont. Usually people dont follow stupid laws.

When a law gets in the way. Use technology to bypass it :)

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By: SteveO

SteveO — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:10:42 +0000

This is all such good news for netzero and AOL. when its all said and done, i will be hookin back up to dial-up for $10. I can “look” at web sites on dial-up. The only reason I pay top-dollar is for dloading. piss off internet!!

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By: Why Would Amazon Want To Block Links From A File Sharing Search Engine? | The Latest Headlines

Fri, 01 May 2009 23:44:12 +0000

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Beta Alfa » Blog Archive » Noterat 2009-05-02 — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:23:42 +0000

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Fri, 01 May 2009 17:39:20 +0000

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By: makin's posterous - Home

makin's posterous - Home — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:21:20 +0000

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By: Brave D

Brave D — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:11:08 +0000

Interesting. Couldn’t the fact that Google made this move, post TPB trial,, play in the favour of TPB crew, when they make their appeal?

Its just like PB said, Google is just as guilty as them if not more so. Now Google cover their ass, when the trial is over and no one is looking at them, if not more so.

By: ar31an

ar31an — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:37:41 +0000

> Sorry but Torrents are illegal.

This is by far the most idiotic sentence I’ve ever seen here.

Arslan
http://www.tech3d.net

By: Lonny Eachus

Lonny Eachus — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:52:08 +0000

Others have said it in different words. But the reason is actually pretty obvious. Google wants to distance itself from “other” Torrent tracking sites. Google is trying to pretend that it is not like them, so that it won’t get shut down as some of those sites have been.

By: PetFoodz

PetFoodz — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:38:36 +0000

@26.. Aside from your joking around this is dangerous and not advised (possibly illegal).. Believe me you don’t want lightning to hit those cables outside..

By: PetFoodz

PetFoodz — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:36:12 +0000

@47 – ThePirateGoogle is hosted in the United States… Not in Canada.. On a side note I hope Gary gets some good news.. I still wont use his site anymore though..

By: PetFoodz

PetFoodz — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:34:40 +0000

The MPAA\RIAA obviously have some friends inside Google..

By: angelblade

angelblade — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:25:33 +0000

Funciona bien

—-

Work good.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:55:36 +0000

Google should punish like piratebay.
If not then more than piratebay.

By: Gillian Shaw

Gillian Shaw — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:28:33 +0000

Custom searches people have created like http://thepirategoogle.com/ still seem to be working. In Vancouver isoHunt owner Gary Fung is asking courts to rule his site legal. I talked to him this week and posted about it in a story and on my Digital Life blog.
Have asked Google about the blocking and expect I’ll be writing about its response.

By: Google Blocking Torrent Searches | Programming Blog

Google Blocking Torrent Searches | Programming Blog — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:35:34 +0000

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By: Google Custom Search Cuts uTorrent Off « Internet Making Money

Google Custom Search Cuts uTorrent Off « Internet Making Money — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:00:08 +0000

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Fri, 01 May 2009 09:50:29 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:41:13 +0000

@30

!!!!retard detected!!!!

By: Konradius

Konradius — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:13:19 +0000

Oh, common, this is easy!
Explain to me what the difference is between google and the pirate bay if this is allowed to work?
There is very little, and so it’s shut down to make sure google isn’t banned as well.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:55:41 +0000

Google! “Dont be evil”

They turned evil :(

By: » Google blocca la ricerca sul sito di uTorrent?

» Google blocca la ricerca sul sito di uTorrent? — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:24:21 +0000

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By: seriously

seriously — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:19:20 +0000

…

only buttfags use fancy stuff like that

go google

By: renegade

renegade — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:51:40 +0000

Are u serious….Who searches google for torrents anyway…heheh…thats the first target for content with malware and torrents without proper seeders…GOOGLE search for torrents…People still DO that..heheh

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:49:20 +0000

‘Sorry but Torrents are illegal.’

Is there something illegal about downloading Linux distros with torrents?

By:

Fri, 01 May 2009 04:04:02 +0000

i guess it sucks however its just as easy to go to google its self and put

yourfavouritemovie:torrent

By: Terminator

Terminator — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:30:08 +0000

@30

You must living in a cave or something. And “Sorry but Torrents are illegal” is the quote of the century. Somebody give this guy a medal and send him back to his cave.

By: DeeCee1150

DeeCee1150 — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:59:19 +0000

Why should we be surprised? You only have to look to China and Googles attitude to web freedom there to see that Google doesn’t care much about freedom of choice.

By: Google = Fail

Google = Fail — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:57:38 +0000

FLOOGLE?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:34:10 +0000

“If Google enables stealing. It makes Google look bad.”

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=v15&q=how+to+unlock+master+locks&btnG=Search&meta=

Lol.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:48:53 +0000

“Sorry but Torrents are illegal.”

Isn’t that a lot like saying envelopes are illegal? Or emails, or CDs, DVDs, floppy disks… my portable hard drive… my ipod…my non-portable hard drive…

hopefully you see where I’m going with this; if torrents themselves are illegal, then a case can be made that every means of storing or transporting any form of information is illegal… and I hate to tell you this, but your brain stores information. I guess that means people are illegal…(and lord help you if you ever THINK about thinking about a song in your head, cause they will sue you soooo fast for listening to music you didnt pay to think about!)

sarcasm aside:
Information (the contents) can be illegal. The system of holding and moving information should not.
Just like the envelope is not responsible for it’s contents, torrents are not responsible for what we download.

By: RobbingHood

RobbingHood — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:29:20 +0000

@30 by Joshua Sciarrino – Refuge Design

“If Google enables stealing. It makes Google look bad.”

Surely thats happening already. Scroogle next? Please no.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:28:29 +0000

> Sorry but Torrents are illegal.

This is by far the most idiotic sentence I’ve ever seen here.

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??——??????? (http://google.org.cn) » Google???uTorrent????torrent???? — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:33:14 +0000

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By: iwuvu

iwuvu — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:52:05 +0000

maybe utorrent should just sent standard http headers. dont add anything suspicous in the url field or the user agent.

By: Joshua Sciarrino - Refuge Design

Joshua Sciarrino - Refuge Design — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:50:51 +0000

Sorry but Torrents are illegal. And with regulators sniffing up Google’s butt, they realize they need to clean up their actions.

So. I wouldn’t get so mad at Google, as much as you should realize that Torrents aren’t legal.

If Google enables stealing. It makes Google look bad. See how piratebay just lost that court battle?

Well. Google probably heard they were next, or figured that they better save their own skin.

Sorry…but it’s the trust. (As least how I see it)

By: John Smith

John Smith — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:42:41 +0000

“All big companies will eventually be evil it’s a narrow road that leads them to that path.”

All big companies are under attack from all sides 24/7. Legal attack, cyber, hacker, propaganda from competitors, haters, crooked customers, cheaters, thieves, organized criminal gangs. Google lately has been accused by the record and movie industry lawyers of being the biggest torrent tracker.
There is talk of a possible lawsuit.

In the above comments, you can pick out the hater type easily. They are Microsoft/gamers. They hate Google because Microsoft hates Google. They see Google as standing in the way of total world computer domination by Microsoft, which is their dream. It’s a sick world, full of sick egoists.

By: ngwoo

ngwoo — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:37:48 +0000

@25: Congratulations, you just summed up the internet.