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… place for kids, but luckily there’s censorship. In the UK mobile networks have so-called “child protection filters” to deal with shady …
… a few days, five of the largest UK Internet providers will all have to censor The Pirate Bay. Virgin and Orange … a massive increase in traffic to proxy-websites from the UK, and this is only expected to increase during the coming days. In addition, … They’ve now rolled out a new site which circumvents the UK measures before they’ve even started. In most countries where The Pirate …
… After looking into the case for a few months, UK authorities decided not to start a criminal prosecution. However, that … infringement charge in exchange for a testimony in the UK Vickerman trial. In addition, the programmer agreed to pay the MPAA the … charges in the US in exchange for a testimony in a UK fraud case, which to our knowledge is unprecedented. Possibly because of …
… in many countries including both the Netherlands and the UK, it was only a question of time before the phenomenon spread further … rights.” A similar provision in Section 97A of the UK‘s Copyright, Designs and Patents Act led to The Pirate Bay being blocked …
… but the recent steps against the torrent site in the UK have generated a much bigger response than similar actions previously taken … proxy services. At the forefront of this effort are the UK Pirate Party. Inspired by their Dutch counterparts who recently set …
… proceedings against pirate sites both in the US and the UK. However, according to the research, sales may actually be hurt by going …
… recent court-ordered censorship of The Pirate Bay in the UK. The country’s leading ISPs are required to block the site so millions of … for carrying out a DDoS attack on Virgin Media, the first UK ISP to block access to The Pirate Bay. “We do NOT encourage these …
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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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