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In a case dating back to 2010, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN went to court to try and force Ziggo, the largest ISP in the Netherlands, to implement a DNS and IP address blockade of The Pirate Bay. To avoid a negative and potentially damaging legal prece …
Following a High Court ruling obtained by a group of record labels, UK ISPs including Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2, and Virgin Media were ordered to start censoring The Pirate Bay website. Virgin Media were the first provider to implement t …
Microblogging platform Tumblr has been sued for millions of dollars by adult publisher Perfect 10. Perfect 10 are no strangers to lawsuits. From 2005 to the present day they have sued several huge companies for either allegedly using their images withou …
This week censorship of The Pirate Bay is the hot topic and inevitably online discussion has centered on the main issue – how this censorship can be circumvented. A selection of methods were suggested by the site’s operators, all of them very easy to ca …
According to growing reports from India, subscribers of several large Internet service providers can no longer access The Pirate Bay, KickAssTorrents, BitSnoop and several other BitTorrent sites. In what appears to be a Government-ordered blackout, the web …
Earlier this week the news broke that the UK High Court ordered that several of the country’s leading ISPs must censor The Pirate Bay. The court order covers all major UK ISPs, which means that 94% of all UK citizens will no longer be able to access t …
Last Friday the UK High Court ruled that several of country’s leading ISPs must censor The Pirate Bay website having ruled in February that the site and its users breach copyright on a grand scale. The blocks – to be implemented by Sky, Everything Every …
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Left Quote“The Pirate Bay has been one of the most important movements in Sweden for freedom of speech, working against corruption and censorship.
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