It's all nonsensical. Individuals with a proclivity for this sort of thing will use VPNs. So an utterly pointless and expensive waste of time. Sounds more like a move to justify the existence of The Publishers Association (whoever they are).
Worldwide DNS Providers May Be Forced to Block Internet Piracy Websites
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Big UK ISPs Ordered to Block More Pirated Book and Journal Websites
The Publishers Association (PA) has convinced the High Court to force most of the major broadband ISPs in the United Kingdom (BT, Sky Broadband, Virgin Media, Twww.ispreview.co.uk
WOW!
2 1/2 years ago?
No.
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Its backwards thinking, ISPs and news articles list the blocked sites, which actually promotes them, and they trivial to bypass.
Even more stupid is the cost of getting these blocks in place, I dont have it to hand now, but its expensive. Makes me wonder how much the cost of these expensive ebooks is going towards the legal costs of these things.
Even more stupid is the cost of getting these blocks in place, I dont have it to hand now, but its expensive. Makes me wonder how much the cost of these expensive ebooks is going towards the legal costs of these things.
I have an app on Patreon, there are nearly 300 paying users. Last September when I was checking logs I seen there were nearly 900 unique users for that month lol! Did a Google search and found my app on several Chinese websites for sale. I've since added a login system which afaik has stopped piracy but it's something I didn't want to do. It's extra admin for me and adds more friction for users. I hope something can be done about things like this but I don't see it happening anytime soon.
Rights Holders Move Closer to Imposing Website Blocks on VPN Providers
Rights Holders, having recently succeeded in forcing even some third-party public Domain Name System (DNS) resolvers to block websites that have been found to f
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I know people are more selfish these days.
But the principle of paying for a good product was mostly obeyed throughout the 80s and 90s computer era.
I think there is a legitimate case for piracy when a film or tv series comes out in another country and it's never going to come out here, particularly when it's in a foreign language, how can I as a customer buy it?
Geoblocking should be killed.
Still not going to stop people just using TOR to access the site, get the download link, torrent, whatever. Then downloading it. You can also still get there without even using DNS.
Also the thing about these website blocks is it's only for specific URLs. If the site just moves, it needs a new request, it gets processed etc, might even need a court to force them. It doesn't work really.
Also the thing about these website blocks is it's only for specific URLs. If the site just moves, it needs a new request, it gets processed etc, might even need a court to force them. It doesn't work really.
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It really wasn't, every car boot, market and school playground had every game you wanted. Music and films were different in that you genuinely got an inferior version if you bootlegged, and the window between cheap CD burners and say Napster was what half a decade ?
The old days of Screamer game releases!
Nobody ever invited you to a copy party then.
I remember the days of going to computer shows and buying hundreds of blank floppies.
Before that, on the 8 bit computers, who didn't have something like an Expert or Action Replay cartridge!
Yeah - there was a guy I worked with in the late 90s who got clobbered by the law for bootlegging and selling people copied music cheap, etc. used to make up a form at work where people could put in their requests - couple of other posters here who used to work with me at Screwfix who probably know him.
When I was at school in the 80s and 90s we were all sharing games, etc.
Personally like to see artists get their dues and happy to pay but I have a very low tolerance for being jerked around by providers of entertainment.
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My local independent game shop even had a guy who worked in there offered to chip your PlayStation for a small fee!
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A real world example.
A few years ago I wanted to watch a Norwegian tv series called Beforeigners.
en.m.wikipedia.org
There was no way for me to watch it. It might be available now (?). But because these companies are too eager putting in road blocks instead of giving us a way to buy it then people are going to keep using piracy.
A few years ago I wanted to watch a Norwegian tv series called Beforeigners.
Beforeigners - Wikipedia
There was no way for me to watch it. It might be available now (?). But because these companies are too eager putting in road blocks instead of giving us a way to buy it then people are going to keep using piracy.
A real world example.
A few years ago I wanted to watch a Norwegian tv series called Beforeigners.
Beforeigners - Wikipedia
There was no way for me to watch it. It might be available now (?). But because these companies are too eager putting in road blocks instead of giving us a way to buy it then people are going to keep using piracy.
Seems viewable
