Torrent Sites Blocked in Australia(Offical)

Dave The Man · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 10:12 pm

So go and Buy your VPNS

http://www.techguide.com.au/news/internet-news/new-anti-piracy-laws-passed-to-block-australian-access-to-foreign-sites/

Wokko · Come and take it. Joined: 04 Oct 2005

So the government finally got their power to block websites they don't like. Countdown to tyranny.

Dave The Man · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 10:27 pm

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

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?

Dave The Man · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 11:54 pm

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

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.

Dave The Man · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 12:01 am

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

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?

Dave The Man · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:25 am

Culprit · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne

Will this make people purchase legit copies of movies? No, and the proof it hasn't worked anywhere else.

HAL · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 9:24 am

It could be, but I don't have access to that knowledge.

Culprit · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne

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.

Wokko · Come and take it. Joined: 04 Oct 2005

Don't use Hola.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/hola-found-to-be-selling-users-internet-bandwidth-as-botnet/

Google 'Hola botnet' for more info.

Dave The Man · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 4:27 pm

Any Sites Blocked yet?

Dave The Man · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 4:35 pm