UK ISP's must block The Pirate Bay

[vescaegg]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17894176

And so it begins.....

Who will follow?

[TheHeretic]

People will just bypass it. Not a problem.

ETA, how many millions are being flung at this non-problem. Have a look for the TED talk 'The 8-million dollar iPod'.

[TheHeretic]

A lex said:

Its already blocked here in NL, and has been for a while.

Why are they specifically targeting PirateBay? I continue to use IsoHunt here with no problem......

It is the poster boy.

[roachcoach]

[0000]

What an utter waste of time and money.

[vescaegg]

TheHeretic said:

It is the poster boy.

Must be this. There is no actual point to doing only the one website seeing as there are hundreds of others.

Trying to control what people see on the internet is pointless. There are people out there far smarter than those trying to control it who will (im sure very easily) just bypass it.

[markcoznottz]

It does destroy jobs tbh, but not as much as overspending overbeaurocratic government..

[roachcoach]

markcoznottz said:

It does destroy jobs tbh, but not as much as overspending overbeaurocratic government..

And blocking it creates them in the VPN service sector

[Shuvi McTupya]

markcoznottz said:

It does destroy jobs tbh, but not as much as overspending overbeaurocratic government..

Who is losing their job that is integral to our enjoyment of films/music?

[TheHeretic]

markcoznottz said:

It does destroy jobs tbh, but not as much as overspending overbeaurocratic government..

Does it destroy jobs?

[Mr_B]

Maybe the people trying to sell their products could just be missing out to someone supplying it stolen for free ?

[davepoth]

TheHeretic said:

Does it destroy jobs?

It's not The Pirate Bay destroying jobs; it's YouTube, Soundcloud, iTunes, and other such services which make it possible for a kid in his bedroom to bypass "big media" and get their stuff direct to the public. It's taken six months to arrange a block for the Pirate Bay, but it would take about six minutes to set up a mirror at another IP address.

[TheHeretic]

Mr_B said:

Maybe the people trying to sell their products could just be missing out to someone supplying it stolen for free ?

Well, the only info I have seen on the issue is the TED talk about copyright maths. It says that while DVD rentals are down, online subscription, and cable subscription is up, so I am wondering if there are any facts to back up that statement.

[Use Psychology]

spactastic.

[hyperblue]

Well that's internet piracy sorted for sure, what's next on the agenda?

[thinfourth2]

TheHeretic said:

ETA, how many millions are being flung at this non-problem. Have a look for the TED talk 'The 8-million dollar iPod'.

8 billion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZadCj8O1-0

[Use Psychology]

next up they're going to stop car theft by banning pictures of cars.

[TheHeretic]

thinfourth2 said:

8 billion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZadCj8O1-0

Yup, that's the one. I have no idea if his figures are right, etc, but it does seem to be storm in a teacup type stuff, especially with the potential amount of money spent to enforce these things.

[130R]

Most people that know what bittorrent is will know how to bypass this "block" in about 5 seconds

[TheHeretic]

130R said:

Most people that know what bittorrent is will know how to bypass this "block" in about 5 seconds

What would that be?