Pirate sites could be blocked in the future

[Darthrevan]

Websites that mainly offer pirated content, which could include The Pirate Bay, might be blocked by all Internet service providers here in the future.

 

Websites that mainly offer pirated content - which could include well-known file-sharing site The Pirate Bay - might be blocked by all Internet service providers here in the future.

This could pan out if holders of the copyrights to the content - such as music, movies and books - apply to the High Court to block access to such pirate sites, under proposed changes to the Copyright Act by the Ministry of Law.

On Monday, the ministry put out a consultation paper to seek public feedback on the amendments, which are planned to be made by the end of the year.

The changes target websites that blatantly disregard or clearly infringe copyrights. However, legitimate search engines and content-sharing sites, such as Google and YouTube, will not be affected.

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/pirate-sites-could-be-blocked-the-future-proposed-changes-copyright-ac

[Myxilplix]

Is this the same "blocking" like the MDA blocking of some porn sites?

 

Because that shit is as useful as a wet paper bag.

[Ender]

The screenshot also shows there's a contest to join, not all go there for pirated stuff..

[Mustank]

Simi si pirate bay ah?

[Knoobie]

what a joke.. only until there is any damage to their financial means they block here block there..

 

might as well block youtube also..

[Vid]

道高一尺，魔高一丈！

 

:D

 

There's always a way to counter

[Mockngbrd]

block ki lan ah... all blockheads

[Baal]

iirc, read that in Europe, it was once considered to ban/bar access to such sites. However, the eventual decision was not to do so as the economic repercussions were heavy. Sounds contradictory....

[Darthrevan]

what a joke.. only until there is any damage to their financial means they block here block there..

 

might as well block youtube also..

 

most likely due to FTA & the recent TPP

[StefanK]

Is this the same "blocking" like the MDA blocking of some porn sites?

 

Because that shit is as useful as a wet paper bag.

 

shhhh... you should not alert them to the wet paper bag!

[bellboy]

Is this the same "blocking" like the MDA blocking of some porn sites?

 

Because that shit is as useful as a wet paper bag.

 

I can't access MDA blocked sites.

How should I wet the bag?

[Mcf777]

 

I can't access MDA blocked sites.

How should I wet the bag?

you go HWZ and find.

There's someone over there that teaches you to access all block website including those xxxxx.com.

 

Edit : found it

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/go-away-mda/lledpflfnanamkogoclkgaggfdgoalok#detail/go-away-mda/lledpflfnanamkogoclkgaggfdgoalok

 

http://getgom.com/

Edited April 7, 2014 by Mcf777

[1fast1]

Is this the same "blocking" like the MDA blocking of some porn sites?

 

Because that shit is as useful as a wet paper bag.

 

Yes, this will definitely work. Because it's very unlikely that someone who knows how to download a torrent file, fire up a torrent client, configure everything correctly (including forwarding the right port(s) on the router), etc. etc. would even have heard of a VPN.

[Bystander50]

iirc, read that in Europe, it was once considered to ban/bar access to such sites. However, the eventual decision was not to do so as the economic repercussions were heavy. Sounds contradictory....

 

Don't worry, SG will by all means go ahead and block it.

Then will announce another World's First. Other countries can't do it, they do it. The gov's obsession of being world's first never ends.

[Bystander50]

 

Yes, this will definitely work. Because it's very unlikely that someone who knows how to download a torrent file, fire up a torrent client, configure everything correctly (including forwarding the right port(s) on the router), etc. etc. would even have heard of a VPN.

 

I ever once leech from a private site without even worrying or affecting the download ratio.

One just needs to know how BitTorrent works.

 

When ISPs starts limiting the speed of the BT protocol initially, the programmers managed to go around it by adding encryption, effectlvely fooling the software and making it useless overnight.

[Bystander50]

Is this the same "blocking" like the MDA blocking of some porn sites?

 

Because that shit is as useful as a wet paper bag.

 

I call that symbolic blocking.

During the early days of public Internet access, major porn sites (like Playboy) were blocked to prevent people surfing porn.

 

In contrast, compared to 20 years ago, porn is so much more easily available today. There's even SBF to give you FR on FL. You no longer need to go to specific sites to get them. Block TPB, it'll just decentralised itself into 20-30 or even more sites. Doubt MDA/IDA will be so free to track all the new sites.

 

Last time people buy porn tapes and discs from across the causeway and facing risks of being caught at customs. Now, it just goes through the optical and copper cables.

 

Piracy is here to stay, there's no way to weed it out at all. Look at all the attempts to shut TPB in the past decade, end up also get mocked by them.

 

I rather the gov spend more effort on really helping the poor that waste their time and effort on this.

[Kb27]

SG should simply unplugged from the Internet.

Save all the hassles, block here block there.

Edited April 7, 2014 by Kb27

[Myxilplix]

 

I can't access MDA blocked sites.

How should I wet the bag?

GOM NOM NOM NOM NOM~