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Filestube blocked in UK

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A court order has been issued stipulating that UK ISPs must block 21 websites the British Recording Music Industry (BPI) says provide access to pirated music.

The list includes FilesTube, 1337x, BitSnoop, ExtraTorrent, Monova, TorrentHound, Torrentreactor and Torrentz.eu.

The sites must be blocked by tomorrow, 30 October, according to an order by a High Court judge, and include a host of aggregator sites. Interestingly, these are not all classic "torrent sites". FilesTube, for example, provides a way to search for files hosted on sites such as Mega, RapidShare and Mediafire; Torrentz is an aggregator of aggregators, allowing users to search the directories of many torrent-hosting sites in one go, such as Monova and Isohunt.

Shame Filestube got blocked. Had some cool programs on sites that were no longer avaliable to other people.
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    Thunder LipsThunder Lips Posts: 1,660
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    It's just a search engine, the files still exist.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,889
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    they will have to ban google before it affects anyone with half a brain
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    tiger2000tiger2000 Posts: 8,541
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    It literally took me 30 seconds to bypass the ban, complete waste of time and money by the BPI and of course the costs are passed on to the ISP's customers.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,272
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    grps3 wrote: »
    they will have to ban google before it affects anyone with half a brain

    It wouldn't surprise me if the industry went after the Google's search engine sometime in the future. Saying this though, Google's one powerful bloody company.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,272
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    tiger2000 wrote: »
    It literally took me 30 seconds to bypass the ban, complete waste of time and money by the BPI and of course the costs are passed on to the ISP's customers.

    I think the BPI are aiming this block at the 'downloaders' who won't have a clue how to bypass it.
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    flagpoleflagpole Posts: 44,641
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    zx50 wrote: »
    It wouldn't surprise me if the industry went after the Google's search engine sometime in the future. Saying this though, Google's one powerful bloody company.

    they probably wont because of that reason.

    but blocking filestube is a notable change. it is a search engine and it's nothing to do with torrents or newsgroups.
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    gasheadgashead Posts: 13,822
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    <cough>piratebrowser<cough cough>

    Pardon me, it's the cold air that does it. :o
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    tiger2000tiger2000 Posts: 8,541
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    zx50 wrote: »
    I think the BPI are aiming this block at the 'downloaders' who won't have a clue how to bypass it.
    But most of them do, Pirate Bay's UK traffic was up over 10% following the first ban.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,889
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    dont push the button...i want to push the button

    they are probably doing more harm than good with all this blocking
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    tiger2000tiger2000 Posts: 8,541
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    zx50 wrote: »
    It wouldn't surprise me if the industry went after the Google's search engine sometime in the future. Saying this though, Google's one powerful bloody company.
    I have notice that when googling some torrents some results are blocked due to copyright restrictions, so has it already started?
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,272
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    flagpole wrote: »
    they probably wont because of that reason.

    but blocking filestube is a notable change. it is a search engine and it's nothing to do with torrents or newsgroups.

    I think the industry's way of thinking is, if we can find a company that is a lot less powerful than us and their web service provides links to files that have anything to do with copyrighted material, we'll go after them.
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    gasheadgashead Posts: 13,822
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    tiger2000 wrote: »
    I have notice that when googling some torrents some results are blocked due to copyright restrictions, so has it already started?
    Oh yes. There's still a few of the lesser known, I'm assuming, torrent sites still returned by Google and accessible via your ISP, but pretty much everyone you've heard of is either 'blocked' by Google, or if not, by your ISP.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,272
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    tiger2000 wrote: »
    I have notice that when googling some torrents some results are blocked due to copyright restrictions, so has it already started?

    The cowards have asked Google to remove so many copyrighted results instead of going after Google themselves. They didn't do the same with filestube though, which was a search engine as well. Again, they're just cowards.
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    NX-74205NX-74205 Posts: 4,691
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    I'm downloading from ExtraTorrent as I type.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,889
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af0wXeN6_FY
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    Roland MouseRoland Mouse Posts: 9,531
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    Welcome to the People's Republic Of Great Britain, comrades.

    Sad that this comes at the time of year that we are remembering people who fought and gave their own lives to keep this country free. :rolleyes:
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,272
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    grps3 wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af0wXeN6_FY

    Ha-ha! Quite funny in a way. :D
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    flagpoleflagpole Posts: 44,641
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    it's like they want me to use tor
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    gothergother Posts: 14,705
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    zx50 wrote: »
    It wouldn't surprise me if the industry went after the Google's search engine sometime in the future. Saying this though, Google's one powerful bloody company.

    TBH i hope they do and Google give the industry the kick up the arse it deserves. It's getting stupid now with this site that site getting blocked. It will never end unless someone stands up to the industry.
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    nuttytiggernuttytigger Posts: 14,053
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    Pirateshore.se is my current one!
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    gothergother Posts: 14,705
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    nuttytigger wrote: »
    Pirateshore.se is my current one!

    Opera in turbo mode or offroadmode works a treat.
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    nuttytiggernuttytigger Posts: 14,053
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    gother wrote: »
    Opera in turbo mode or offroadmode works a treat.

    Don't like opera, I stick to chrome lol.
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    davordavor Posts: 6,874
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    Why don't you use Tor bundle?
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    ElectraElectra Posts: 55,660
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    Why do do many people think musicians should work for free? It's theft.
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    bluebladeblueblade Posts: 88,859
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    tiger2000 wrote: »
    It literally took me 30 seconds to bypass the ban, complete waste of time and money by the BPI and of course the costs are passed on to the ISP's customers.

    Same here. Trying to block them is a joke.

    I don't think these people really understand how the internet works.
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