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UK Man Wins Legal Against Google For Right to be Forgotten
Google Lose Major UK Court Battle About the Retention of Search Engine Information Many of us have some part of our past that we would prefer to erase from history. It might be a bad relationship, a questionable hair-cut or even something criminal. The problem is that in the 21st…
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Anti-Blocking Website More Popular Than Spotify and Skype in the UK
While the UK High Court has been making busywork of blocking access to a myriad of popular torrent sites via the country’s ISPs, users apathetic to the restrictions have been using the sites anyway via the popular proxy site Unblocked.pw. Torrent fans have flocked to the site, using it to…
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UK Expands Torrent Site Blacklist to Proxies
The UK High Court has quietly added a number of proxies and mirrors to its torrent site blacklist, restricting backdoor access to sites such as Torrentz and ExtraTorrent. Of course, ExtraTorrent has already launched a new mirror site to bypass the block. The list of blocked torrent sites in the…
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It is Now Illegal For UK Music Lovers to Rip CDs They Already Own
Legally own a CD and want to burn a second copy for your car? Own a film on Blu-Ray but want to rip a copy to watch on your tablet during a plane flight? Want to extend the use of media you legally purchased for your own, private use by…
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Ebook Piracy Sites to Be Blocked by UK ISPs
Yesterday, the UK’s High Court ordered that websites carrying pirated ebooks should be blocked by the country’s internet service providers. The court ruled that an application made by The Publishers Association grants that the sites be blocked under Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988). Within the…
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Pirate Movie Streaming App Popcorn Time Blocked by UK Court
The High Court ruled yesterday that popular movie streaming platform Popcorn Time be blocked by the UK ISPs. Sky, BT, EE, TalkTalk, and Virgin Media will be forced to block access to five URLs that offer the Popcorn Time app for download. In his ruling, Judge Briss did a marvellous…
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List of Blocked Torrent Sites in the UK Doubles
The High Court has ruled that 53 torrent websites be prohibited by UK Internet Service Providers, in the largest mass blocking yet. The list of sites include BitSoup, IP Torrents, Isohunt, Sumotorrent, Torrentdb, Torrentfunk, Torrentz, Warez BB, and Rapid Moviez. The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is responsible for submitting 32…
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