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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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Wokko
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So the government finally got their power to block websites they don't like. Countdown to tyranny. |
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Dave The Man
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Wokko wrote: | So the government finally got their power to block websites they don't like. Countdown to tyranny. |
Yep - They can Block sites they don’t want the Public to look at.
Reminds me of China and other Countries under Dictatorship _________________ I am Da Man |
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda
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Every article I've read fails to address these questions (to be fair, this may be a result of the vagueness of the government bill):
1) What sites will be blocked? Just the obvious ones like The Pirate Bay, or all sites that allow non-commercial downloading?
2) How easy is it to subvert this ban through, say Tor or Hola?
3) What legal liabilities might there be for individuals who find a way around the ban and continue to download? _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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David wrote: | Every article I've read fails to address these questions (to be fair, this may be a result of the vagueness of the government bill):
1) What sites will be blocked? Just the obvious ones like The Pirate Bay, or all sites that allow non-commercial downloading?
2) How easy is it to subvert this ban through, say Tor or Hola?
3) What legal liabilities might there be for individuals who find a way around the ban and continue to download? |
1) I guess you will find out when you try to Access a Torrent Site. It comes up or Not. I dare say they put a List out to say what is blocked
2) I know it’s Easy with VPN and I say the same with Tor. What is Hola
3)I say there be the same as it has been _________________ I am Da Man |
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David
I dare you to try
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Dave The Man
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David wrote: | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hola-better-internet/gkojfkhlekighikafcpjkiklfbnlmeio
It seems like it is essentially a VPN service. I've been using it for about a year now – it's a good way of seeing geo-blocked content like Jon Stewart videos. |
That sounds like it would hide your Surfing the Internet but won’t hide what you Download on Torrents.
Firefox I hear have VPN Plug-Ins as well _________________ I am Da Man |
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David
I dare you to try
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And that, I guess, is where my third question comes in: once you get through the ban, visit the website and click "download torrent", does it matter if they can detect you? Obviously it's illegal, but no more than it ever was, and obviously pretty much no-one ever gets prosecuted. But would it be more of a crime deliberately accessing a blocked site? _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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Dave The Man
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David wrote: | And that, I guess, is where my third question comes in: once you get through the ban, visit the website and click "download torrent", does it matter if they can detect you? Obviously it's illegal, but no more than it ever was, and obviously pretty much no-one ever gets prosecuted. But would it be more of a crime deliberately accessing a blocked site? |
The Actual Using the Torrent Laws are still the Same.
VPN would hide your Torrent Use as it be in the VPN Channel - Though Downloads be a Bit Slower then it would of been without the VPN
Well Dallas Buyers Makers are trying to sue Aussies over Piracy
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=2419499 _________________ I am Da Man |
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Culprit
Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne
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Will this make people purchase legit copies of movies? No, and the proof it hasn't worked anywhere else. |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
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It could be, but I don't have access to that knowledge. |
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Culprit
Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne
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http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/days-numbered-for-illegal-downloaders-as-crackdown-passes-parliament/story-fnjwneld-1227393966197
SO, WILL IT ACTUALLY WORK?
The same type of torrent blocking system has been in the UK since 2011 with little success. Some of the most popular torrenting sites in the world, including The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents, have all been blocked, but people keep finding ways to download content.
Typically, within hours of a site being put on the block list by an internet provider, hundreds of mirror sites that offer the same content pop up for users to access. Then, by the time those sites are blocked or taken down, there are more to replace them. It’s a never-ending circle.
UK residents have also worked around blocks by using proxy websites, which stop the internet service providers (ISPs) from thinking they are actually visiting those websites.
I just keep laughing when I read all about this. |
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Wokko
Come and take it.
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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Any Sites Blocked yet? _________________ I am Da Man |
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Dave The Man
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Culprit wrote: | http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/days-numbered-for-illegal-downloaders-as-crackdown-passes-parliament/story-fnjwneld-1227393966197
SO, WILL IT ACTUALLY WORK?
The same type of torrent blocking system has been in the UK since 2011 with little success. Some of the most popular torrenting sites in the world, including The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents, have all been blocked, but people keep finding ways to download content.
Typically, within hours of a site being put on the block list by an internet provider, hundreds of mirror sites that offer the same content pop up for users to access. Then, by the time those sites are blocked or taken down, there are more to replace them. It’s a never-ending circle.
UK residents have also worked around blocks by using proxy websites, which stop the internet service providers (ISPs) from thinking they are actually visiting those websites.
I just keep laughing when I read all about this. |
Shows what a waste of time this law is.
It’s like Drugs being Illegal but it’s Rampant in Society _________________ I am Da Man |
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