We think we know the names of the sites banned for offering access to the Bay's masses of torrent files, but it would appear some additional proxy sites are on the blacklist that we haven't been told about. Read More >>
Featured comment by zakida:
"I suppose we should be thanking the courts for blocking TPB, they did encourage people to go out and learn about VPNs/proxies and other ways of circum..." More »
Well, Big Media won, for the time being at least. After taking legal action against the individual members of the UK's Pirate Party personally, which was hosting a Pirate Bay proxy, said proxy has been taken offline. I don't blame them for caving, really. Wouldn't you faced with being completely wiped out personally? [Pirate Party] Read More >>
The Pirate Party has been providing a very useful forwarding service on behalf of the Pirate Bay, enabling those whose ISPs have blocked the service to easilly access the popular torrent site. Which has angered the British Phonographic Industry, as you might expect. Read More >>
Featured comment by ilae4e:
"How do BIP expect to win against a political party? If a court orders PP to get rid of the proxy won't they just claim it is political censorship and ..." More »
The Pirate Bay suffered nigh-on 48 hours of downtime earlier this week, prompting millions of internet users to consider paying for legitimate DVD copies of movies. Or, more likely, to spend 30 seconds looking for an alternate torrent tracker. Anyway, it's back up. Read More >>
Featured comment by gjgbarclay:
"Na, last I heard was a TorrentFreak article where they jumped to 174, but it never seemed to go live.
http://torrentfreak.com/uk-isps-secretly-expan..." More »
Tired of having to type in numbers to get to the Pirate Bay? IP addresses too fiddly for you? You need the Pirate Patch, which automatically fetches the latest proxy information for you and bungs it in your host file, so you can simply type thepiratebay.se into your browser. Read More >>
Featured comment by P4PERTR4iL:
"so you are willing to PAY for a VPN to download from a site that offers FREE content?
i think using a automated proxy patch is easier enough, and e..." More »
Seems like everything the Pirate Bay touches turns to a court order, as an 'anti-censorship' plugin that turns blogs into proxy servers for the world's most notorious torrent site has been shut down. Read More >>
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