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Old 05-08-2012, 10:47 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by DamianJ View Post
Huh? Of course not.

Piracy is illegal and wrong.
So Governments should keep striving to reduce it. That's one of their jobs.

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Not sure you know what the word means?

"Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body."

It's everything to do with censorship.
The work they are doing has nothing to do with censorship. In fact if the content the piracy sites were illegal because they broke censorship laws, they would be gone a long time ago. I doubt if you understand what the word means.


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It worked with SOPA.
Not yet.

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Really, anyone that thinks blocking the pirate bay from the UK is good, I would refuse as a client because they would be just too stupid to work with.

So, why don't you stop thinly veiled quasi libel and explain why you think blocking one torrent site is good.
You are against all moves to limit piracy, so why narrow it down now to the UK. would you like to give us a list of clients so I can ask their views on piracy?

Now you didn't answer my question about Newzbin2. You made this statement;

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It did nothing to stop Newzbin2. The access to that was blocked about 18 months ago.
Please back it up with proof.
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