re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

Well another one bites the dust, I can see Piratebay rebuilding as something else all though most of the content on TPB is illegal contents which the user choose to download.

re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

none of the content on there is illegal ;)

re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

I wonder if enough people included a widget on their webpages that pointed at the pirate bay would the proxy fall over? Or just embed an image from tpb.

re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

However it does provide links to certain material that is copyrighted. Not illegal but, as mentioned previously, arguably unlawful and/or illicit. Splitting hairs....

re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

Its debatable whether its even unlawful or that they could secure a conviction if it was hosted here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oink%27s_Pink_Palace

The only cases to have ever gone to court in the UK over torrent sites have both resulted in either acquittal or the CPS have dropped the case. The Pirate Bay does exactly the same thing as they did.

Basically what the cartels are doing now amounts to a run around of the legal system. Avoid the pesky international issues and go straight to the big money friendly High Court which is full of much older Judges who dont understand technology and can be easily blinded by the made up "losses" that the music and movie industries love to spout. (A funny dismantling of here http://www.ted.com/talks/rob_reid_th...lion_ipod.html).

re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

Not sure if anyone posted this already, but the new pirate bay access link is here for anyone interested:

[Mod edit deleted: we suggest every one takes note of http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35422607-post49.html]

re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

It has, and was subsequently deleted by the mods :)

re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

I just went onto the VM forum to see if there was anything new in the large thread about the block there and it has gone! I think they have deleted it as they don't want people discussing it, If that's not censorship I have no idea what is!

re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

Rubbish, I'm no technical expert, but i set up an Open VPN and it was anything but complex!

re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

"to set one up is significantly more complex than setting up a basic socks proxy"

have you compared setting up the 2?

re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

Is that statement aimed at me Craig? If so my answer is , no, i haven't compared the two set ups, but what i do know is there was nothing complex about setting up the VPN.

re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

Hardly. The pirate bay still exists, and still will exist. There is no 'rebuilding' needed. They certainly arent going to be affected just by a temporary block from a few ISP's.

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:erm: :erm: :erm:



Don't give up your day job ... lolololololololol

Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
 

of course.

setting up a vpn server is a lot more configuration and need to add a tunnel device etc.

a socks is incredibly easy in comparison.

on the client side socks is easier as well.

although a VPN can do more eg. if you want to evade torrent shaping then a VPN is probably more suited than a proxy. But to just get round web site censorship its overkill.