Also known as the tailgater dissuader switch.
24 de março de 2012
22 de março de 2012
Anti-Piracy Group Shuts Down Pirate Bay Proxies
Anti-Piracy Group Shuts Down Pirate Bay Proxies:
In January, the Court of The Hague ruled that Ziggo, the largest ISP in the Netherlands, and competitor XS4ALL, must block access to The Pirate Bay.
The ruling was the first to bring broad censorship to the Netherlands, but as always the Internet finds ways to route around such blockades. In the space of a few days hundreds of individuals setup proxy websites that allow customers of the ISPs to continue using The Pirate Bay.
These proxies render the court order useless, which is a thorn in the side of local anti-piracy outfit BREIN. In an attempt to take these proxies offline, BREIN has contacted the owners of these proxy sites, ordering to take down the proxies – or else.
This week the anti-piracy group obtained an injunction from the Court of The Hague which instructs the proxy site tpb.dehomies.nl to shut down. If the site owner continues to offer access to The Pirate Bay he risks a fine of 1000 euros per day.
Armed with the court papers, BREIN also contacted the operators of many other proxy sites including alwaysapirate.org and remastered.nl who quickly took their sites offline and replaced them with a message from the anti-piracy group.
Depiratebay.nl and thepiratebay2.nl were also contacted by BREIN, but these sites remain accessible for now.
The 15-year old operator of the latter site confirmed that he will take the site offline before BREIN’s deadline passes this Friday. While he doesn’t agree with BREIN’s request, he simply doesn’t have the resources to put up a fight in court.
In their letter to the site owners, BREIN threatens legal action against those who continue to keep their proxies online. In many cases, this threat of being sued by a conglomerate of US movie studios is enough to convince proxy owners to fold.
“These sites deliberately offer a service to circumvent a court injunction. If they do not comply, we will hold them liable for damages,” BREIN director Tim Kuik said in a comment to Tweakers.
It will be interesting to see for how long BREIN can continue this cat and mouse game. The proxies targeted so far were all specifically aimed at Dutch visitors and hosted on Dutch servers. Whether it will be as effective against sites hosted elsewhere remains to be seen.
The Pirate Bay team informed TorrentFreak that they are not worried about the fate of their Dutch visitors. They expect that for every proxy that goes offline, new ones will spring up, as is usually the case. There are plenty of free proxy tools available and everyone with a WordPress blog can set one up in a few clicks.
If anything, The Pirate Bay crew believes that BREIN is giving them a helping hand.
“Thanks yet again for the free advertising,” they say.
The Pirate Bay has a point here. All the talk about censorship and blockades only appears to strengthen the notorious torrent site. When there was talk about a UK blockade two weeks ago, local traffic surged. And visitors from Belgium and the Netherlands have massively turned to proxy sites after the torrent site was censored there.
To quote John Gilmore once again: “The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.”
Source: Anti-Piracy Group Shuts Down Pirate Bay Proxies
In January, the Court of The Hague ruled that Ziggo, the largest ISP in the Netherlands, and competitor XS4ALL, must block access to The Pirate Bay.The ruling was the first to bring broad censorship to the Netherlands, but as always the Internet finds ways to route around such blockades. In the space of a few days hundreds of individuals setup proxy websites that allow customers of the ISPs to continue using The Pirate Bay.
These proxies render the court order useless, which is a thorn in the side of local anti-piracy outfit BREIN. In an attempt to take these proxies offline, BREIN has contacted the owners of these proxy sites, ordering to take down the proxies – or else.
This week the anti-piracy group obtained an injunction from the Court of The Hague which instructs the proxy site tpb.dehomies.nl to shut down. If the site owner continues to offer access to The Pirate Bay he risks a fine of 1000 euros per day.
Armed with the court papers, BREIN also contacted the operators of many other proxy sites including alwaysapirate.org and remastered.nl who quickly took their sites offline and replaced them with a message from the anti-piracy group.
Depiratebay.nl and thepiratebay2.nl were also contacted by BREIN, but these sites remain accessible for now.
The 15-year old operator of the latter site confirmed that he will take the site offline before BREIN’s deadline passes this Friday. While he doesn’t agree with BREIN’s request, he simply doesn’t have the resources to put up a fight in court.
In their letter to the site owners, BREIN threatens legal action against those who continue to keep their proxies online. In many cases, this threat of being sued by a conglomerate of US movie studios is enough to convince proxy owners to fold.
“These sites deliberately offer a service to circumvent a court injunction. If they do not comply, we will hold them liable for damages,” BREIN director Tim Kuik said in a comment to Tweakers.
It will be interesting to see for how long BREIN can continue this cat and mouse game. The proxies targeted so far were all specifically aimed at Dutch visitors and hosted on Dutch servers. Whether it will be as effective against sites hosted elsewhere remains to be seen.
The Pirate Bay team informed TorrentFreak that they are not worried about the fate of their Dutch visitors. They expect that for every proxy that goes offline, new ones will spring up, as is usually the case. There are plenty of free proxy tools available and everyone with a WordPress blog can set one up in a few clicks.
If anything, The Pirate Bay crew believes that BREIN is giving them a helping hand.
“Thanks yet again for the free advertising,” they say.
The Pirate Bay has a point here. All the talk about censorship and blockades only appears to strengthen the notorious torrent site. When there was talk about a UK blockade two weeks ago, local traffic surged. And visitors from Belgium and the Netherlands have massively turned to proxy sites after the torrent site was censored there.
To quote John Gilmore once again: “The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.”
Source: Anti-Piracy Group Shuts Down Pirate Bay Proxies
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21 de março de 2012
20 de março de 2012
The US and EU to take different approaches to privacy
The US and EU to take different approaches to privacy:
The development of online privacy protections is at the critical moment as policymakers in both the US and the European Union push for changes to their own privacy rules.
The US and EU have always had very different approaches to privacy enforcement, with the US focused more on enforcing privacy promises that companies make while the EU enforcers privacy rights even when companies make no such promises.
The US and EU have always had very different approaches to privacy enforcement, with the US focused more on enforcing privacy promises that companies make while the EU enforcers privacy rights even when companies make no such promises.
Apple sets new record selling 3 million iPads in 3 days
Apple sets new record selling 3 million iPads in 3 days:
Apple has said that it sold 3 million units of its new iPad tablet computers over the weekend, setting a new company record.
The original ipad which debuted in 2010 sold 300,000 units in its first day and it took 28 days to get 1 million units. Numbers for the iPad2 sales in 2011 were not available, however estimates range from 400,000 to about 1 million during its first weekend on sale.
The original ipad which debuted in 2010 sold 300,000 units in its first day and it took 28 days to get 1 million units. Numbers for the iPad2 sales in 2011 were not available, however estimates range from 400,000 to about 1 million during its first weekend on sale.
NSA declines to disclose details of Google deal despite FOIA request
NSA declines to disclose details of Google deal despite FOIA request:
The Electronic Privacy Information Center originally filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the NSA which was denied and is today having it's appeal heard. The center is trying to obtain information about a deal the NSA cut with Google following an attack on Gmail by Chinese hackers in 2010.
In its Freedom of Information Act request, the information center is requesting:
In its Freedom of Information Act request, the information center is requesting:
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