Virgin Media UK blocks The Pirate Bay

Just tried to get on today:



Also read: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/02/pirate-bay-block-virgin-media

If Virgin are doing it, most likely BT, TalkTalk, Sky and the other major ISPs will follow suite. There are obviously still very easy ways to get on to it *cough proxies/VPNs* but for a lot of people they will probably be forced to use alternative means to get on or use other less popular sites.

Thoughts?

 

Well, i'm pretty shocked to be fair that they started to do this. I just kept thinking they was empty threats and it would never get round to being blocked, I wonder if they will block it on my ISP which is Sky.

 

This was a really dumb move... it seems they don't understand how the internet works. This was supposed to limit access, but in reality, the Pirate Bay got a 12 million activity boost. There is even an article on it, and how to get around the blocked website: http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-enjoys-12-million-traffic-boost-shares-unblocking-tips-120502/.

 

This is like fucking communist china.

I think it's wrong they're blocking TPB. Ah well, there's always proxies.

 

Pointless. Many methods to circumvent it.
I'm on virginmedia also.

 

Use the thread Verts made guys, it's in a more appropriate section anyway.: http://sythe.org/showthread.php?p=10906352

 

Its just virgin paying lip service to the courts. If you access and download things from pirate bay, then you will most likely know about the ways to bypass it.