Friday, May 4, 2012

Has Virgin Media gone too far?

Virgin Media in the UK has recently blocked access to thepiratbay.se, a torrent sharing website.
After an order from the High Court, internet providers are to block access to this site due to copy right infringement issuses. The pirat bay has been targeted just as Megaupload earlier this year. It seems that the activist in information sharing are being targeted by Hollywood. Kim Dotcom CEO of Megaupload and Peter Sunde, Co-founder of ThePiratBay are being targeted because of the massive amount of users they have been able to reach.
TV-Shows are being released on television programs in the US and can be online and viewed around the world within les than an hour, while the television programs in for example UK where no translating is needed dont air the show until a few months later. 
Is it not just normal that people will try and get what they can the fastest way they can? The television programs and channels can air live football games around the world, all at the same time, and why cant the tv shows be on air faster? 
This is entrainment that is usually being shared on such sites, but if it was News that was being held for this long from the public and then their way of accessing it was considered illegal, more people would stand up for their rights to have access to the information the fastest way possible.

"You should necessarily hide because you file share. Thats also a problem, because I dont want people to feel they they are criminals or anything, instead everyone should just unite and say this is the way we want to have it." - Peter Sunde on youtube.

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