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Orange: Our Customers Can Now Access The Pirate Bay

torrentfreak.com — A week ago today, customers of the ISP Orange across the UK and France found that they could no longer access The Pirate Bay. Many of them fired off emails to the service provider, worried that Orange was censoring their access to the Internet. Now, a week later, Orange have answered officially.

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  • replaysMike, on 11/28/2008, -1/+68You know you've made it when Pirate Bay access has become a feature of your service.
  • DrLeePhD, on 11/28/2008, -1/+31just wait for the bandwidth caps and overage fees....
  • Pruvmerong, on 11/29/2008, -0/+25Orange you glad they unblocked TPB?
  • wolfeater2, on 11/28/2008, -3/+25internet: 1
    Orange: 0
  • DavidGX, on 11/29/2008, -1/+16They DID take the censorship route, it's just that too many people got pissed off and they had to stop.
  • fearlessfx, on 11/29/2008, -0/+15***** the ARRRRIAA!!
  • 808ethan, on 11/29/2008, -0/+10I want to see the Pirate Bay launch their own ISP.

    And when they do, I want them to make a cheezy car dealership spoof commercial "You get low low censorship at the Pirate Bay, because we cut out the middle man! Meaning more freedom for you!"
  • SawButter, on 11/29/2008, -1/+10Take this RIAA !
  • nzhamstar, on 11/29/2008, -0/+8Piracy is Freedom
  • commentbot, on 11/29/2008, -0/+5I am an Orange customer, yet, I haven't had any problem accessing TPB over the last two weeks.
  • jwmann, on 11/29/2008, -1/+6They charge people for being over age?
  • novenator, on 11/29/2008, -0/+4*anything* you do that doesn't harm another is freedom
  • orangester, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3Whatever you want to call it chief. Now go back to best buy or iTunes and buy more dvd's and songs riddled with DRM. It's not stealing if I make a copy or must I explain that old analogy again?
  • themusicalduck, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3I assumed that it was just a mistake someone had made somewhere and that Orange themself did not actually mean for the site to be blocked in the first place.
  • bluesatin, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3Not stealing, stealing is defined as depriving the owner of their property. Which doesn't happen with copyright infringment.
  • novenator, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3fight censorship
  • TitanX13, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3so stalking is okay????

    so i can own a pinball machine in El Monte, California ?????
    http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/califor ...
  • TitanX13, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2yet their is a clear difference.
  • Walwyn, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2I am on Orange ISP, and I noticed No Block Whatsoever - and i visit tpb daily even - hmmmm :/
  • BungDiddy, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2software pirates are modern-day freedom fighters. exposing corporate control every step of the way. opening people's eyes to just how much of our lives are controlled by corporations.
  • orangester, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2I guess it's a bad time to have my username..
    Ironically I'm an avid Pirate Bay user, and have torrents running as I type.
  • hahahafr, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1Especially from France.

    Strangely, fantasti.cc seemed to not be found by Orange routers last week.
  • TitanX13, on 11/29/2008, -2/+3banana
  • Darkspam004, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1Orange doesn't sound as evil as Comcast. Sabotaging connections and choking bandwidth, then offering services like VoIP for additional fees. I don't know if the EU lets ISP's throw money at their body of lawmakers the same way that we do. I wonder if we will have to give up the ghost soon.
  • TitanX13, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1i prefer ninjas too
  • hahahafr, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1Yes you've right, Orange doesn't seems as evil as Comcast.
    At least until now.
    http://tinyurl.com/6yr85o
  • hadi, on 11/29/2008, -1/+1I'm not a pirate!
  • inactive, on 11/29/2008, -0/+0At last.....
  • TitanX13, on 11/29/2008, -1/+1So thats why my bill was so high?





    GRANDMAAAAAAAAA
  • ragingflamerboy, on 11/29/2008, -3/+2I'm all for downloading illegally, but you can't say 'stealing ***** is freedom'.
  • ackza, on 11/29/2008, -4/+1yeah and Orange is definitely spying on its customers torrent usage now
  • computershack, on 11/29/2008, -3/+0No they're not, they're ***** thieves plain and simple, using the same defence a child molester does; "I do not see anything wrong in doing it."
  • WomensUnderwear, on 11/29/2008, -3/+0YES IT WAS BLOCKED BUT NOT NOW ***** ORANGE
  • themusicalduck, on 11/29/2008, -6/+2***** ORANGE!

    No wait, I mean, fair play to Orange for not taking the censorship route and resolving the problem quickly.
  • computershack, on 11/29/2008, -4/+0No, get that right. You're an avid THIEF and are currently STEALING stuff you have no right to as you type.

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