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Sherlocks SI and website blocking

  • 19-06-2013 1:05am
    #1
    Jericho.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭


    Quick question, this seemed to be the best place for it. With the recent ruling blocking the pirate bay and a reported 260 more sites to be blocked shortly thereafter I was wondering what's to stop someone taking an action to have let's say for example google banned?

    I mean anything the piratebay can do google can do better. http://thepirategoogle.com/

    I know someone might say that google comply with DCMA takedown requests but that's American Law, it surely would have little relevance in Ireland.


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  • #2
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,773 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    The whole concept of blocking websites is completely idiotic and pointless to people who know how to internet. There are countless workarounds to get to any given blocked site and as far as I know (though Tom Young will correct if I'm wrong!), there's nothing that makes using those workarounds illegal. (I'm talking specifically about accessing the sites, rather than what you do once you've gained access.)

    The result is that the laws are ineffectual and it's political suicide because Netizens, almost above all others, have an overgrown sense of their entitlement to access information in all forms and their right to freedom of speech. Just look at the google search results for "freedom of speech site:boards.ie": http://goo.gl/OWGvK (bear in mind, the Irish equivalent is known as "freedom of expression".)


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