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The UK is at it again, trying to police the internet in a way that they couldn't even imagine having any control over whatsoever. The Intellectual Property Crime Unit will launch in September with £2.5m of the tax payers money, of which they could have kept and helped dig ourselves out of the recession. However it doesn't look too promising as only a few sites have actually been taken down, but they intend to branch out to other countries in an attempt to censor the internet. They will be working with major record labels and movie studios in an attempt to find the source of the content used for "criminal gain". I think this will end up being another FACT, having little to no impact then disappearing after a year or so. The UK needs to stop meddling with the internet, there will be workarounds, like the porn block that is coming which has already been thwarted, and it seems feeble that the UK is the only country trying to stop this.

 

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Original article: http://torrentfreak.com/details-on-upcoming-police-torrent-site-crackdown-revealed-130805/

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few more years and i'm moving to Canada.

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To be fair. Blocking TPB worked. I don't use it any more because its too much fuss.

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Lots of torrent sites have been blocked in the UK already.

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what a waste of money. There are still people dying by malaria and malnutrition, and they waste it just for that.

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To be fair. Blocking TPB worked. I don't use it any more because its too much fuss.

It didn't work really, you can still easily access it.

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few more years and i'm moving to Canada.

move to the Netherlands instead.

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To be fair. Blocking TPB worked. I don't use it any more because its too much fuss.

Its not a fuss at all. just as easy as it was before the block.

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i dont think the goverment will win against hackers and torrent sites and stuff

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough it will be believed.

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what a waste of money. There are still people dying by malaria and malnutrition, and they waste it just for that.

You're underestimating the influence of money and modern feudal corporations.

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Its not a fuss at all. just as easy as it was before the block.

You ussually need to use a proxy or something along those lines. I prefer to use another site if I have to. Much simpler.

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i dont think the goverment will win against hackers and torrent sites and stuff

There isn't a chance, compare the talent of all of the hackers, and then the government, who seem to be technophobes.

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You're underestimating the influence of money and modern feudal corporations.

But only £2.5m there's no way they will be able to do anything substantial.

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Good luck with that government.

Plenty of ways to get around the "blocks".

Minor inconvenience at best which will be figured out very quickly.

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You're underestimating the influence of money and modern feudal corporations.

Seems hard to imagine as people around me just don't care about gov. or copyright protection. They won't ever have games or movie that is not pirated that is why PS3 up till now is not really popular in my place coz it's not well pirated. While PS4 might be even harder to pirate, many are saying goodbye to console and gaming as whole.

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But only £2.5m there's no way they will be able to do anything substantial.

True, but I was speaking more generally.

 

I'm positive they'll try again anyway. With the debt of Europe, it's not the government scraping that money together is it?

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Lots of torrent sites have been blocked in the UK already.

But there are work arounds...

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There isn't a chance, compare the talent of all of the hackers, and then the government, who seem to be technophobes.

yeah :P 

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough it will be believed.

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Facepalm doesn't quite cut it.

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