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23-10-2012, 12:58   #1
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UPC blocking Piratebay on court request, some confirmed reports

This is a weird one.

I can access fine, few friends today mentioning they have got the following

http://i.imgur.com/tAXZl.jpg



Havnt heard anything, thought it would be big news.

Anyone heard anything, or getting similar?

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23-10-2012, 13:05   #2
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can you resize the image?
i havent heard anything about it and can access from here (afraid to restart my modem though)

page doesnt 404 if you follow the link suggesting its real to some extent

http://www.upc.ie/System/Block/999/38111162/tpb/
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can you resize the image?
i havent heard anything about it and can access from here (afraid to restart my modem though)

page doesnt 404 if you follow the link suggesting its real to some extent

http://www.upc.ie/System/Block/999/38111162/tpb/
I'll leave the image there as a link.

I'm fine at present, and a few lads have confirmed it works for them, yet others are saying blocked.

I would have thought that it would be big news if true. I know UPC in like Holland has had to comply with a blocking rquest or something, but didn't hear anything for here.
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I would have thought it would be all over silicon Republic and the likes if there was a judgment.
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23-10-2012, 15:46   #5
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I'm getting blocked too by the main address but if I Google piratebay and not click the website heading but rather browse music or browse torrents I can gain access.Strangely enough I can access piratebay on other devices in my house.But yeah this message is alarming.I like to see piratebay as a metaphor for freedom of internet.
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23-10-2012, 16:03   #6
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Still works for me. But the page load time is dog slow.
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23-10-2012, 16:04   #7
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Working fine here on UPC.
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23-10-2012, 16:52   #8
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fine here
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Working for me too...
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23-10-2012, 17:50   #10
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Works fine here.

How many people that see it blocked are using UPC's nameservers?
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23-10-2012, 19:29   #11
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Works fine here.

How many people that see it blocked are using UPC's nameservers?
I use UPC's DNS servers and I'm not blocked.

BTW I do this mainly because using Google or OpenDNS screws with sites that use Akamai.
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23-10-2012, 20:45   #12
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Looks like they are getting ready for the inevitable :-(
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23-10-2012, 20:50   #13
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Plenty ways around it. Nothing to be concerned about at all, even if they do decide to block it.
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Grand here.
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Was working for me earlier but is now blocked.
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