torrentfreak.com— Although the ink is barely dry on the order forcing ISP BT to block the Newzbin2 Usenet indexing site, the MPA isn’t wasting its momentum.
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1) They didn't take it down, they stopped one ISP routing traffic to it.
2) Its already available again
3) This is Newzbin, people that use it normally access via .Tor so what limiting it via DNS will do i'm at a loss to see, other than a private company is now able to force ISP's to censure the net.
Usenet has been thumbing it's nose at these draconian policies for decades and likely always will. Usenet will be the last bastion of true net-freedom in the world.
blydchyldNov 1, 2011
1) They didn't take it down, they stopped one ISP routing traffic to it.
2) Its already available again
3) This is Newzbin, people that use it normally access via .Tor so what limiting it via DNS will do i'm at a loss to see, other than a private company is now able to force ISP's to censure the net.
Donuts4UNov 1, 2011
In the legal system of the UK and most countries for that matter, one case can be used as an example for all new cases.
One url was blocked for X reason on one provider. Now all other url's can be blocked for the same X reason on all providers.
Case law isn't a slippery slope, it's a boulder tumbling down a slippery slope.
blydchyldNov 1, 2011
Not at all, this is copyright law, all this shows is that a party claiming damages can force the provider to stop access.
Its like suing BP for providing fuel to cars because kids drive them too fast.
norman619Nov 1, 2011
I love usenet. BASTARDS!
xaulted1Nov 1, 2011
Usenet has been thumbing it's nose at these draconian policies for decades and likely always will. Usenet will be the last bastion of true net-freedom in the world.