Comments on: Belgian ISPs Quietly Expand Torrent Site Blockade

By: Asashii

Asashii — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 20:34:00 +0000

Thats, OK most people, you know the main stream idiots have NO idea how to get around such blockades, and in turn becomes more affective then you think!

By: Belgische overheid blokkeert meer websites dan ze toegeeft

Belgische overheid blokkeert meer websites dan ze toegeeft — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:12:49 +0000

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By: Waffles

Waffles — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 08:04:00 +0000

Kickass.to also blocked.

1337x.org still up.

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:03:00 +0000

my Aunty Lillian got a great Mercedes-Benz G-Class SUV from only workin on a home computer. her explanation

www.YAD7.com

By: CC

CC — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:20:00 +0000

The Shock! The SHOCK of reading this, makes me wanna go and do the dirty deed….

By: CC

CC — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:14:00 +0000

I live in Antwerp, Belgium and just tried to access the 4 sites. Nothing wrong ! The same warm, welcome place as always! (no proxy/VPN used).

By: retpoclfor

retpoclfor — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 22:22:00 +0000

lol man, this is hilarious, pahahaha.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:54:00 +0000

“Can you show where “the majority” infringes? Music piracy peaked at
around 18% of internet users about 2010 according to Big Champagne, and
it’s been diminishing ever since.”

See Don’t Mention the War’s comment below.

“FPI estimates, based on data from both Nielsen and ComScore, that as many as a third of all internet users (32%) still regularly access unlicensed sites.”

1 out of 3. Imagine that!
They neglect to mention that it’s actually growing (explanation farther down).

“Search engines are the first port of call for many internet users looking for music online.”

They don’t say how many, “many” is.
No one I know does it that way. IFPI is clueless.

“Internet service providers (ISPs) have had a demonstrable effect on levels of copyright infringement on the internet when required to
act. For example, in five European countries where ISPs were required by bcourts to block access to The Pirate Bay (Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Italy and UK), usage levels fell 69 per cent during 2012 (ComScore/Nielsen). By contrast, in countries without the block, traffic
rose by 45 per cent over the same period.”

Umm…usage of The Pirate Bay has increased. Others here have pointed this out but you are seemingly oblivous as usual.

Now — if the traffic increased by 45 percent in countries without the block do you not realize what that actually indicates?

By: Circumventing DNS-level ISP blocks (ThePirateBay / The Pirate Bay – Belgium)

Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:23:52 +0000

[...] 2: In august 2013, Belgian ISP’s silently (!) extended the block to more torrent sites: KickassTorrents, h33t, Bitsnoop, etc … Simply changing DNS [...]

By: tetridae

tetridae — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:41:00 +0000

You don’t think they will be content trying to bribe the ISPs to censor/surveille?