Kickass Torrents & Eircom. (MOD: No Posting torrent site links!)

tonyheaney

i can get on Kickass but using a proxy but it isnt 100% but it works. Regarding

Eircom are hemorrhaging money

whats the story with their new line up of efiber? 30 channels for a tenner??? what's up with that? also what other sites can we use should kickass die like isohunt?

briany

tonyheaney wrote: »

i can get on Kickass but using a proxy but it isnt 100% but it works. Regarding whats the story with their new line up of efiber? 30 channels for a tenner??? what's up with that? also what other sites can we use should kickass die like isohunt?

Discussing alternatives to KAT on here is kind of frowned upon but the smallest bit of Googling should answer your question.

tonyheaney

briany wrote: »

Discussing alternatives to KAT on here is kind of frowned upon but the smallest bit of Googling should answer your question.

very true, but i may rephrase my question, what i meant to say was what happens when we can no longer access free downloads, will we go back to DVDs or will life return to normal lol. also do you remember that time in the Simpsons where TV was banned or something and every one returned to the real world??? lol that'll be us soon

White Heart Loon

tonyheaney wrote: »

very true, but i may rephrase my question, what i meant to say was what happens when we can no longer access free downloads, will we go back to DVDs or will life return to normal lol. also do you remember that time in the Simpsons where TV was banned or something and every one returned to the real world??? lol that'll be us soon

What? You actually think blocking a site makes any difference? Besides, there are already other methods, streaming sites and Usenet. It's a big game of whack a mole

briany

tonyheaney wrote: »

very true, but i may rephrase my question, what i meant to say was what happens when we can no longer access free downloads, will we go back to DVDs or will life return to normal lol. also do you remember that time in the Simpsons where TV was banned or something and every one returned to the real world??? lol that'll be us soon

Well there's always Netflix and that kind of thing. More robust physical media like a dvd is maybe a good thing for archival purposes but day-to-day they're more of an impediment. You have to store them, find the one you want to watch, wait through the unskippable warnings and awkward menus, then put them away again and God help you if you ever lend one to someone because it's not coming back in as good a state as it left you. I'm never going back to dvds and I always back up my data.

Skalragg

there are proxy sites available for ALL these torrrent sites, esp pirate bay.... simply google for it......

ISPs only block the actual copyright infringing website...

step39

Don't they understand how the net works? For every torrent site they close down more open or simply change i.p. address. If they carry on they will end up having to block the whole of the web. Not only that simply using a proxy gets round these stupid blocks anyway. The Music industry is failing to come to grips with new technology and they need to adapt. The real immorality here is the popular music industry itself where people who's only talent is to be able to sing think somehow or other they are worth more than a heart surgeon or a nurse. Music needs to go back to its roots where entertainers earned a wage more in keeping with their true value to society. The whole record industry is a travesty that should never have been allowed to develop in the first place. How can someone like Elton John, I name him because he has been active in anti piracy action, how can he believe for one minute that singing a few songs should be paid in millions. I'm not saying for one minute that artists should not be paid for their work, what I'm saying is that no performer is worth the obscene amount of money that some of these people earn and that is where the real immorality lays and where the real debate should take place.

Blitz17

Working for me now with no proxy ? Im with UPC

Spear

Blitz17 wrote: »

Working for me now with no proxy ? Im with UPC

Indeed, the block is gone again for me. Probably a glitch though.

Engine No.9

What's goin on with kickmirror? All I can see is the text and links. None of the interactive features are there. Can't hover to see comments, no magnet links, no download button!!!??? On voda fibre BB here if that makes a diff!?

Cantona's Collars

pajopearl wrote: »

What's goin on with kickmirror? All I can see is the text and links. None of the interactive features are there. Can't hover to see comments, no magnet links, no download button!!!??? On voda fibre BB here if that makes a diff!?

Just tried it,working fine.

HomelessMidge

I'm with UPC. Main kick ass is blocked but mirror is working exactly how it should. As a mirror!

briany

I wonder how long it is until they try to alter the wording of these court orders to say, for example, "KAT and all sites which mirror KAT"? and what would be the fallout of that?

iPhone.

briany wrote: »

I wonder how long it is until they try to alter the wording of these court orders to say, for example, "KAT and all sites which mirror KAT"? and what would be the fallout of that?

Same thing, they could only block mirrors as they appear, but as soon as that mirror is blocked another would spring up, no difference.

briany

iPhone. wrote: »

Same thing, they could only block mirrors as they appear, but as soon as that mirror is blocked another would spring up, no difference.

True, but you're getting into possibly considerable inconvenience for the user. On the other hand, there'd probably be a site that pops up dynamically listing good mirrors. No chance of Eircom ever being able to implement some sort of algorithm which blocks mirrors as soon as they come on line?

iPhone.

Eircom? :D:D:D:D:D:D....... Errrmmmm, sorry, can't take that serious.

Borderfox

briany wrote: »

Well there's always Netflix and that kind of thing. More robust physical media like a dvd is maybe a good thing for archival purposes but day-to-day they're more of an impediment. You have to store them, find the one you want to watch, wait through the unskippable warnings and awkward menus, then put them away again and God help you if you ever lend one to someone because it's not coming back in as good a state as it left you. I'm never going back to dvds and I always back up my data.

Bought a bluray version of a film and timed from disk going in till able to play including the stupid thanks for not pirating this film along with don't pirate films and it took nearly 15 minutes to start. Wtf!

briany

Borderfox wrote: »

Bought a bluray version of a film and timed from disk going in till able to play including the stupid thanks for not pirating this film along with don't pirate films and it took nearly 15 minutes to start. Wtf!

15 minutes?! I hope that's an exaggeration because a 15 min wait would be insane. Even if it was a first-run thing only it would still be unacceptable. DVDs should take you straight to the menu on loading. They can have as much extra content as they want but let them be optional always.

Tony EH

That's absolute madness.

StaticNoise

Nope, that's nothing out of the ordinary. They are still sticking tons of information onto the DVDs.

firestarter51

Private invites ?
I will try it but sounds risky, new user and first post, hope it's not a porn site
Lmao

briany

del72 wrote: »

if anybody would like a invite to a private torrent site i have invites to a site ive been on the staff for years ,its a great little site and much safer than kickass so if you would like a invite just let me know:):):)

Nice of you to offer that but since when did private sites with an invite system look kindly upon members doling them out willy-nilly?

gerrybbadd

I'd be open to an invite!

muirsheen

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I'd be open to an invite!

me too!

Chris The Hacker

I'll take an invite. Keep posting until you can send a PM.

michael999999

Impossible to log in for anyone else on that invite site?

naughto

i see the mods went to town on the spam dude

firestarter51

That invite thing was a load of crap, signing up involved date of birth and mothers maiden name
Alarm bells ringing there

briany

firestarter51 wrote: »

That invite thing was a load of crap, signing up involved date of birth and mothers maiden name
Alarm bells ringing there

Feeling fairly smug about not checking it out now. :pac: Bloke sent me 3 PMs and all. You have to say, in fairness, it's a harder working spammer than most. It would be interesting to see how far you could get into the signup process before they started asking for credit card/SSN/download their special torrent client.

Bog Standard User

i use tor browser... all the blocked torrent sites work with tor browser even piratebay... my isp is eircom

briany

Bog Standard User wrote: »

i use tor browser... all the blocked torrent sites work even piratebay... my isp is eircom

While we might all be using Tor one day to look at anything, for now it's overkill, even on the torrent sites since there's plenty of easy to access and use Web proxies. I used Tor myself but found it to be slow sometimes, which is the nature of the beast.

michael999999

firestarter51 wrote: »

That invite thing was a load of crap, signing up involved date of birth and mothers maiden name
Alarm bells ringing there

You put in your real details when signing up for things?

Steven gerrard
Anfield road
Liverpool

tfitzgerald

michael999999 wrote: »

You put in your real details when signing up for things?

Steven gerrard
Anfield road
Liverpool

Very good. 😄😄

firestarter51

michael999999 wrote: »

You put in your real details when signing up for things?

Steven gerrard
Anfield road
Liverpool

Not at all but I couldn't see why they would be asking mothers maiden name unless the next page was going to be asking credit cards details
I use
Mr s Holmes
212b Baker Street
London
Nw1 6ne

michael999999

firestarter51 wrote: »

Not at all but I couldn't see why they would be asking mothers maiden name unless the next page was going to be asking credit cards details
I use
Mr s Holmes
212b Baker Street
London
Nw1 6ne

They use it as a security question. But that doesn't mean you have to use the real name. Just on you'll remember.

Lennyzip

Kick mirror seems to have an issue loading up on an iphone 5 using Safari not connected to wifi . No issues connecting with wifi , anyone having this issue ???
With Vodafone when not connected to wifi .

Engine No.9

Lennyzip wrote: »

Kick mirror seems to have an issue loading up on an iphone 5 using Safari not connected to wifi . No issues connecting with wifi , anyone having this issue ???
With Vodafone when not connected to wifi .

I was having an issue with it last week and got a new mirror site from my friend. Then started having an issue with that. Found a proxy with a quick Google and have been using that with no issues since. I'm on Vodafone fibre BB. Just out of interest, I tried kickmirror again yesterday and the issues were resolved.

Lennyzip

pajopearl wrote: »

I was having an issue with it last week and got a new mirror site from my friend. Then started having an issue with that. Found a proxy with a quick Google and have been using that with no issues since. I'm on Vodafone fibre BB. Just out of interest, I tried kickmirror again yesterday and the issues were resolved.

Yeah it works fine at home with the mirror and eircom broadband , just won't load properly on the phone which is with vodafone .

SamAK

I'm looking forward to the war between myself and Eircom when I move out of this flat in May(eight months into an 18 month contract).

They better provide a service where i'm intending to move to next! If not...well, I don't know...do they take me to court for breach of contract?

I'm sure there's a thread on this dilemma somewhere...?

Engine No.9

SamAK wrote: »

I'm looking forward to the war between myself and Eircom when I move out of this flat in May(eight months into an 18 month contract).

They better provide a service where i'm intending to move to next! If not...well, I don't know...do they take me to court for breach of contract?

I'm sure there's a thread on this dilemma somewhere...?

Not to get off topic, but I'm sure it's in the terms and conditions of the contract you entered into that they are only obliged to provide service at your current place of residence. Should you decide to move, they're under no obligation to provide a service to you, whether the ability to provide that service exists or not.

For the most part, providers will transfer your service. I know Vodafone gives one free move per contract. Sitcom on the other hand might charge for that service. That's even assuming you're moving to an urban Centre with broadband capabilities and not shifting off to the sticks where there might not be.

SamAK

Interesting, I shall consult the small print! I did a runner on a UPC contract last year and got away clean

Much less respect for Eircom over this damned blocking of pirate sites. I don't even use Piratebay but blocking sites p1sses me off nonetheless. And seeing how it's so easy to get around the blocks, it's really just them being chicken ****s.

Although, I'm sort of on the fence with the pirating thing. If I could afford Sky, I really would have it, and there'd be no need for me to pirate things like Top Gear or Formula 1. That's all I really download. And I don't have a TV, and don't intend on getting one. I'm a student scraping by as it is....goddammit!

First world problems.

anotherposter

briany wrote: »

While we might all be using Tor one day to look at anything, for now it's overkill, even on the torrent sites since there's plenty of easy to access and use Web proxies. I used Tor myself but found it to be slow sometimes, which is the nature of the beast.

well obviously it is slower... it routes all your traffic through proxy servers in countries where there is no isp's blocking sites

its not that much slower though... for normal browsing i use firefox for torrents i use tor browser.. for movies i use xbmc

Plascebo

Funny, I can now access kickass again with no problems (with eircom, not using proxies, mirror etc.)

briany

Plascebo wrote: »

Funny, I can now access kickass again with no problems (with eircom, not using proxies, mirror etc.)

Hmmmm..... So can I! Interesting. A glitch on eircom's end?

tonyheaney

upc just blocked one of the mirrors, cant say which one this will be deleted.

Plascebo

briany wrote: »

Hmmmm..... So can I! Interesting. A glitch on eircom's end?

And blocked again

briany

Plascebo wrote: »

And blocked again

Still up for me. Not that it matters much either way. I just like the idea that aul' Dick Doyle would be having a wobbly if he knew.

Alfred Borden

seems to be back for me too, hardly a glitch?

briany

Raf32 wrote: »

seems to be back for me too, hardly a glitch?

Maybe someone at Eircom left their mug on the 'unblock KAT' button....

Was there a court order reversing the block that we didn't hear about?

dmannix

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

Piratebay is blocked on all, Kickass and all the others are available on UPC, but i'm sure it won't be long before all follow suit.

Proxy baby :pac:

Its gon on UPC and Digiweb too