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Romanian ISP blocks torrent site

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 11 Oct 2008 5:45 User comments (3)

Romanian ISP blocks torrent site

TF is reporting that Romanian ISP UPC Romania subscribers headed to the large Romanian torrent site Torrentbits.ro will have blocked access, another setback for the site which has been trying to come back since it was raided by the police last year.
The new move by the ISP mirrors that of the more famous case involving the The Pirate Bay in which all Italian ISPs blocked the site at the pressuring of the IFPI. The Pirate Bay successfully won an appeal in court however and is now unblocked in the country.

UPC Romania has over 1 million subscribers currently and users had been reporting problems accessing the site for days. Users from other ISPs receive this message on the frontage however, addressing the problem.

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3 user comments

112.10.2008 03:39
13thHouR
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Q. What is open DNS?

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 12 Oct 2008 @ 3:39

212.10.2008 09:26
miltex
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Who would think this could happen in Romania ?

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 12 Oct 2008 @ 9:27

313.10.2008 03:09

Originally posted by 13thHouR:
Q. What is open DNS?
A. A Good Idea

and Cough Proxy servers ;)

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