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Malaysian Government Orders Immediate Torrent Site Blackout

torrentfreak.com — Reports are coming in that the government in Malaysia has ordered the immediate suspension of all BitTorrent trackers hosted in the country. In a shock move, the government - citing the ‘Copyright Act 1987′ has ordered hosts to suspend servers that host BitTorrent sites, pending an investigation. Many sites are currently offline.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jun 28, 2008

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  • CLYF, on 06/28/2008, -5/+47..……………………….„~"¯¯¯”~„
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  • warp25, on 06/28/2008, -1/+25Time to send in Zoolander
  • john570, on 06/28/2008, -3/+22It must be the BUSH administration.
  • inactive, on 06/28/2008, -6/+25What a ***** fascist country. thank god I live in America, where it's free, no police state, no wire tapping, no illegal wars, no police harassing and tasering people, no torture, a just prison system, a non corrupt government, a truth telling main stream media....
  • z3021017, on 06/28/2008, -2/+19alamak!
  • Trax91, on 06/28/2008, -1/+14My sarcastic friend is sarcastic.
  • HMMaster, on 06/28/2008, -1/+13petrol up, bittorrent down D: hidup BN!
  • clickfire, on 06/28/2008, -1/+12No offense, but I'm a little more concerned about the government's restrictions on individual liberties than on BT.
  • qgchew, on 06/28/2008, -1/+8Malaysia boleh! Everything boleh!
  • Trax91, on 06/28/2008, -1/+8Malaysia you ***** ignorant *****.
  • arbouler, on 06/28/2008, -0/+7you need to Relax!!!
  • aedenp, on 06/28/2008, -1/+8Don't worry, they're doing just fine on those, too.
  • movd, on 06/28/2008, -0/+6going there tomorrow for vacation cant wait!
  • Koushiro, on 06/28/2008, -0/+6Well the torrent sites are in direct competition with the triads over there, so I can see why they'd want them shut down.
  • b8man99, on 06/29/2008, -0/+6Malaysia used to be better when they cared about things that actually mattered, rather than what they're told to care about by nations they are trying to impress. Great country, amazing people, terrible government.
  • estacado, on 06/28/2008, -1/+7You can mess with petrol prices, you can mess with civil liberties, you can mess with beautiful mongolians, but don't mess with BT.
  • arbouler, on 06/28/2008, -2/+8***** ***** i just moved to malaysia.

    does this mean that now i cant download proj runway, weeds, the office etc etc? tv shows in malaysia are total *****.
  • sarixe, on 06/28/2008, -0/+6pssst, subscription fee
  • warp25, on 06/28/2008, -0/+6Wow, didn't know there were Malaysians on Digg
  • BoneheadFarker, on 06/28/2008, -0/+5…………….„~"¯¯¯”~„
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  • lonewalker, on 06/28/2008, -0/+5Great, copyright act 1987, if "M'sia Boleh" update that act first

    /sarcasm
  • aftern9ne, on 06/28/2008, -0/+4The sarcasm is pretty obvious.
  • TristanTime, on 06/28/2008, -1/+5Ummm, read the update they posted at the bottom:

    "Update: Contrary to comments from a site admin, sources close to the situation are saying the shutdowns are limited to a small number of sites and aren’t necessarily part of a wider crackdown, despite government involvement."
  • sonar1, on 06/28/2008, -4/+8pssst, newsgroups
  • inactive, on 06/28/2008, -2/+6..……………………….„~"¯¯¯”~„
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  • tehknotte, on 06/28/2008, -2/+6..……………………….„~"¯¯¯”~„
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  • irCuBiC, on 06/28/2008, -0/+3Your geography skills must be horrible. :)
  • l800LEMMINGS, on 06/28/2008, -0/+3take a few servers with you on your way home
  • ngsayjoe, on 06/28/2008, -0/+3They just blocked the hosts/trackers, not BitTorrent port. You can still download torrents from any other trackers though.
  • KyleGoetz, on 06/28/2008, -1/+3pssst worth it
  • inactive, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Sir, We would like to inform you that your Sarcasm Detector is on the fritz.People know your head on the wall for an easy fix.
  • 30Seconds, on 06/28/2008, -1/+3Is that what happened to sumotorrent?
  • secrity, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2A bush
  • fLUx1337, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Wow, you really went to business school? Hope it wasn't expensive, you suck at business!
  • Chaoticaa, on 06/30/2008, -0/+2…………….„~"¯¯¯”~„
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  • bangmalley, on 08/30/2008, -0/+2no big deal. we usually use foreign torrent site/tracker.
  • SwedishNinja, on 06/28/2008, -1/+3Yeah! Wait, wat?
  • autoy, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Brokenstones, the best Mac tracker around, gone for good :_(
  • kristov, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Not sure this is an attack on your civil liberties per se - id bet money that someone just got paid off by the RIAA/MPAA and had to uphold their end of the bargain.
  • b8man99, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2And to be honest, you can just pop down to your local pirate dvd place and pick up the series for cheap anyway.
    But beware that any Malaysian ISP will hand over details of your activity to anyone that threatens them. Welcome to Malaysia.
  • takatoo, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2***** tmnet
  • AngelBunny, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1usenet costs and bt is free. that is why.
  • JudgeMonkey, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1To modify a quote slightly from Pastor Martin Niemöller:

    They came first for the Swedes and I did not speak up because I was not a Swede.

    Then they came for the Malaysians and I did not speak up because I was not a Malaysian.

    Then they came for me and by that time, no one was left to speak up.
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  • Pixelante, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1Until the cops bust down your door, pump you full of tear gas, explode your head with a 9mm 3-round burst from a MP5, burn your parents' house to the ground and feed your twitching corpse to rabid dogs.
  • lonewalker, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1pssst, ~ Captain Jack Sparrow Edition @ pasar malam
  • inactive, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1Damn claymation dudes
  • jingwei, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1oh noes.

    I hope they dont ban blueserver next.
  • jingwei, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1check out pulau redang.
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