The Pirate Bay is blocked
25-05-2012, 18:45
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
I got an interesting story about the bbc ...
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Now I'm curious 
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...and am now thinking of stopping my licence ...
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Because of this "interesting story"? Probably not worth cancelling over I would think; but each to their own.
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25-05-2012, 19:06
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
I got an interesting story about the bbc and am now thinking of stopping my licence but of course I would have to d/c my VM stb etc.
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No you wouldn't. As long as there was no TV connected to the STB, you could leave the stb connected to the cable. You only need a licence to watch or record live TV.
Although, disconnecting it would make it easier to claim you weren't watching TV.
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25-05-2012, 19:11
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
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Originally Posted by Milambar
No you wouldn't. As long as there was no TV connected to the STB, you could leave the stb connected to the cable. You only need a licence to watch or record live TV.
Although, disconnecting it would make it easier to claim you weren't watching TV.
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If you continue pay for television services then you would be prosecuted by the TV Licensing Authority because as far as they are concerned you intend to use the box for it true purpose.
To prevent the possibility of prosecution you would have to have your television service disconnected by Virgin Media.
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25-05-2012, 20:04
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
Any more news on when BT are going to implement a block ,i can't find any updates so maybe they are going to do the sensible thing and ignore it 
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26-05-2012, 07:18
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
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Originally Posted by martyh
Any more news on when BT are going to implement a block ,i can't find any updates so maybe they are going to do the sensible thing and ignore it |
I think BT must have a pair and have decided there not going to bother, Its a waste of there money anyway as the block does not work.
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26-05-2012, 07:28
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
good for them, it is nice to see a company that takes pride in their service to customers and stands up for what they believe in. Love the QR code btw
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26-05-2012, 07:30
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
Were TPB supposed to be taking their servers down Sirius? I appreciate that the block is a joke but I was under the impression that they were ordered by the court to dismantle the site.
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26-05-2012, 07:33
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
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Originally Posted by General Maximus
good for them, it is nice to see a company that takes pride in their service to customers and stands up for what they believe in. Love the QR code btw |
Well lets face it, The block does not work and in fact from what i have seen all it has done is
A. Driven more users to the site
B. Highlighted the site to those who may not have known about it
C. Educated people in the alternative file sharing sites
D. Shown people how to use a VPN which makes it harder for them to be found by the rights owners in the first place
EPIC FAIL springs to mind
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26-05-2012, 09:28
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
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Love the QR code btw |
Shame there wasn't room for "location" in it
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26-05-2012, 09:57
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
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good for them, it is nice to see a company that takes pride in their service to customers and stands up for what they believe in. Love the QR code btw |
Either that or they should get into really big trouble for defying a legally-binding court order.
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26-05-2012, 10:21
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
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Shame there wasn't room for "location" in it |
I can fix that 
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26-05-2012, 11:18
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
Much better...
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26-05-2012, 11:20
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
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Much better...
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Thanks
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26-05-2012, 11:21
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
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Originally Posted by carlwaring
Either that or they should get into really big trouble for defying a legally-binding court order.
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There is no current court order forcing BT to block TPB. They don't risk anything by not blocking the site.
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26-05-2012, 11:34
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
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I can fix that |
That is very clever - you'll have to send me a PM on how to do it
---------- Post added at 11:34 ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 ----------
TPB still isn't blocked here (BT) - but I don't ever use it any more. I don't think it should be blocked anyway.
I did give serious thought to ditching the TV License as I use the various on demand services like iPlayer (Not live obviously ) and netflix.
But at only £6.06 a month I don't mind paying as I use a lot of other BBC stuff and even if I was paying full price I'd probably stay too.
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