UPC blocking Piratebay on court request, some confirmed reports

TheDoc · 23-10-2012 12:58pm #1

This is a weird one.

I can access fine, few friends today mentioning they have got the following

http://i.imgur.com/tAXZl.jpg

Havnt heard anything, thought it would be big news.

Anyone heard anything, or getting similar?

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subway · 23-10-2012 1:05pm

can you resize the image?
i havent heard anything about it and can access from here (afraid to restart my modem though)

page doesnt 404 if you follow the link suggesting its real to some extent

http://www.upc.ie/System/Block/999/38111162/tpb/

TheDoc · 23-10-2012 1:09pm

subway wrote: »

can you resize the image?
i havent heard anything about it and can access from here (afraid to restart my modem though)

page doesnt 404 if you follow the link suggesting its real to some extent

http://www.upc.ie/System/Block/999/38111162/tpb/

I'll leave the image there as a link.

I'm fine at present, and a few lads have confirmed it works for them, yet others are saying blocked.

I would have thought that it would be big news if true. I know UPC in like Holland has had to comply with a blocking rquest or something, but didn't hear anything for here.

subway · 23-10-2012 1:17pm

I would have thought it would be all over silicon Republic and the likes if there was a judgment.

Darth Floodric · 23-10-2012 3:46pm

I'm getting blocked too by the main address but if I Google piratebay and not click the website heading but rather browse music or browse torrents I can gain access.Strangely enough I can access piratebay on other devices in my house.But yeah this message is alarming.I like to see piratebay as a metaphor for freedom of internet.

AllGunsBlazing · 23-10-2012 4:03pm

Still works for me. But the page load time is dog slow.

Alun · 23-10-2012 4:04pm

Working fine here on UPC.

kaimera · 23-10-2012 4:52pm

fine here

zero19 · 23-10-2012 4:54pm

Working for me too...

Sparky · 23-10-2012 5:50pm

Works fine here.

How many people that see it blocked are using UPC's nameservers?

Alun · 23-10-2012 7:29pm

Sparky wrote: »

Works fine here.

How many people that see it blocked are using UPC's nameservers?

I use UPC's DNS servers and I'm not blocked.

BTW I do this mainly because using Google or OpenDNS screws with sites that use Akamai.

lovethymac · 23-10-2012 8:45pm

Looks like they are getting ready for the inevitable :-(

N64 · 23-10-2012 8:50pm

Plenty ways around it. Nothing to be concerned about at all, even if they do decide to block it.

starviewadams · 23-10-2012 9:31pm

Grand here.

24-10-2012 12:14am

Was working for me earlier but is now blocked.

A.Gorilla · 24-10-2012 12:19am

Defo blocked....just a few mins ago

Dariukas · 24-10-2012 12:19am

agreed. Had access before midnight - now not anymore...

jillyb · 24-10-2012 12:27am

hey if you go to the site: <SNIP> - its a different web address for pirate bay. Its a little slow though but still usable

Tea_Bag · 24-10-2012 12:28am

blocked here now.

can still be accessed via IP address <SNIP>

I'll change my DNS to openDNS and see if its still a problem when the lads give me a chance.

Dariukas · 24-10-2012 12:29am

nice IP to remember tea_bag!

TouchingVirus · 24-10-2012 12:31am

Not blocked over here ...yet

Eric Cartman · 24-10-2012 1:14am

Not blocked here yet

TheDoc · 24-10-2012 9:45am

Not blocked here either, but more mates saying it is now

TheDoc · 24-10-2012 9:48am

Confirmed TPB blocked by PC by court order

http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-censored-in-ireland-after-mysterious-court-order-121024/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29

Although SiliconeRepublic are doing some digging they just said, and that it might have been an error

0ph0rce0 · 24-10-2012 9:53am

I love this

just makes me feel even better that i can still easily access the site and download what i want through simple proxy means.

Plus now that its blocked i want to use the site even more :rolleyes: Great advertising for TPB, IRMA IDIOTS

Skatedude · 24-10-2012 9:55am

working fine for me on upc with upc dns

inforfun · 24-10-2012 10:02am

Try this <SNIP>

Tim Kuik is the guy responsible for blocking TPB in Holland.
He is part of an organisation called Buma who support the music industry. Ah well, they say they support the artists.

The man is busy taking everybody to court and while his succes rate is quite low, he still wins some cases because judges in Holland are from a time there were still dinosaurs around and have not a ****ing clue what the internet is about.

A few weeks ago, Dutch website www.geenstijl.nl was fined for having a link on their website to some playboy pictures for example. So they weren't hosting these pics, they had a link to them.
What this means is that google could basically be fined for every single search result because there will be some copyright material on the returned results.

The problem with the internet is that our "overlords" (government, judges etc and such) in general have no ****ing clue about technology in general and the internet specifically. And therefor clowns like Tim Kuik (and i am sure every country has their own Tim Kuik) do have an influence on what you can and can not see on the internet.

TheDoc · 24-10-2012 10:03am

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

I love this just makes me feel even better that i can still easily access the site and download what i want through simple proxy means.

Plus now that its blocked i want to use the site even more :rolleyes: Great advertising for TPB, IRMA IDIOTS

Well yeah for us more tech savy heads, and then a simple google search for a casual user will allow them total access also.

I'm just talking with SiliconeRepublic briefly, they are going to look into it this morning to see what is what. They hopefully have a line into UPC to get some comment. UPC Twitter support stonewalling me.

It would appear that some people are affected, and others arn't, which is weird.

TheDoc · 24-10-2012 10:06am

It might be worth at this point refraining from providing ways to circumvent the block at this point, I'm sure moderators will have a view on that, and I dont want the thread closed. And granted anyone with half a brain cell can google search.

Out of interest no matter what link I type in for TPB, it takes me to thepiratebay.se , their new main domain from some time ago. Few friends saying they can't get anything on this link, bar the block order, but it doesnt go to ".se"

24-10-2012 10:52am

Seems to be working fine for me currently.

While you still have TPB, the entire collection of TPB can be downloaded in a 90MB file. Albeit, the file was uploaded in February.

Still, might be worth downloading.

Direct Magnet link:
<SNIP>

TheDoc · 24-10-2012 11:43am

Seriously,

Stop posting links and workarounds. Considering boards its OTT with the Sherlock legislation not in effect yet, youll get the thread locked,

Everyone knows about workarounds, and everyone should know about the magnet backups, they dont need to be posted

UPC blocking Piratebay on court request, some confirmed reports

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