tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post4726942712803738048..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: Blocking orders, proxies and VPNS: a reader asksMarie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-12452911753224294562013-12-04T10:38:48.310+00:002013-12-04T10:38:48.310+00:00The question is how long it will take them to real...The question is how long it will take them to realise that this mixture of whack-a-mole and Streisand Effect does nothing but cost money and publicise the existence of torrent/streaming sites and increase the popularity and knowledge of how to use proxying services?<br /><br />The answer surely is to provide their products in a timely and convenient manner so consumers had no reason to go elsewhere. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00112377569283873526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-89410588333466681002013-12-04T07:21:08.930+00:002013-12-04T07:21:08.930+00:00I should probably jump in here, Mr Anonymous.
It ...I should probably jump in here, Mr Anonymous.<br /><br />It was taken down not because there was any legal decision to do so, but because knowing it's weak position, the BPI decided that attempting to personally bankrupt each of the party officers by naming them as defendents in a civil suit was the way to do it.<br /><br />It's just like patent trolls, and (other) copyright trolls, the cost of defending is FAR greater than the cost of settling, and there comes a time when you have to cut your losses. Note that on the DAY the proxy came down, two more pirate parties started their own ones. They did so outside the UK jurisdiction too.<br />A more complete report on why the party took it down is here https://www.pirateparty.org.uk/media/uploads/pdfs/FINAL_BPI_Panel_Report.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-21480423923670691962013-12-03T13:45:37.173+00:002013-12-03T13:45:37.173+00:00Action has been taken last year to close down a pr...Action has been taken last year to close down a proxy (of The Pirate Party), against the individuals: http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-party-proxy-shutdown-means-activists-will-fight-another-day-121219/ Although this cannot be done for every proxy or technical circumvention which is provided, with each success of s97A, the orders are becoming wider, and therefore more proxies,and other sites offering access to blocked sites will also be caught, and therefore blocked, under the orders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com