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Hello fellow NIer! Bout ye. Bizarrely, only some UK ISPs are legally required to implement those torrent and 'piracy' blocks: BT Retail, Virgin Media, TalkTal
by dingaling 13y ago
Hello fellow NIer! Bout ye.
Bizarrely, only some UK ISPs are legally required to implement those torrent and 'piracy' blocks: BT Retail, Virgin Media, TalkTalk and O2.
Even BT's subsidiary PlusNet wasn't subject to the order, nor was O2's sibling BE. So I don't really know why the judge bothered.
- desas 13y agoOnly there most popular ISPs were taken to court.
- k-mcgrady 13y agoHello! I wasn't aware of that, good to know. The blocks are useless and easy to bypass with a proxy. I've noticed recently though they've started to block some of the proxies specifically setup to help people flout the blocks.