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"Several UK Internet providers are blocking Pirate Bay’s perfectly legal promotion platform for independent artists. The Promo Bay website is currently being blocked by BT, Virgin Media, BE and possibly several other providers. A plausible explanation is that the Promo Bay domain is listed on the same blocklist that’s used to enforce the Pirate Bay blockade. However. the domain itself has never linked to infringing material, nor is it hosted on The Pirate Bay’s servers." - Torrentfreak.
This is a big silly move by big, silly companies. C'mon guys, be less silly. :)
- Will.
Sincerely,
[Your name]
According to this article by the BBC "UK internet service providers (ISPs) have been told they no longer have to block a website which had close links to banned site The Pirate Bay."
If you are with Virgin, BE or BT could you please shoot me an email to confirm the block has actually been turned off? will@willdayble.com
Love,
- Will.
UK internet service providers (ISPs) have been told they no longer have to block a website which had close links to banned site The Pirate Bay. Promobay.org had been blocked by ISPs due to its close ties with the torrent-sharing site which contained links to download pirated content.
We scored the email addresses of the CEO and Comms Manager of BT, thanks to an anonymous source and signatory of this petition!
Keep those signatures coming people!
Hey everyone,
Thanks so much for the support. 2K increase in signatures overnight.
Now we just need to figure out where to send our rage. Does anyone have the email address for the PR manager or similar at BT, BE and Virgin Media?
If you do, shoot me an email: will@willdayble.com.
Keep it dangerous y'all,
- W.
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The Internet is a nation, and these people are screwing with it.
internet should be free
Because censorship leads to ignorance and ignorance leads to the end of the world!
Fuck the actual music industry. Bring back the promo bay !
This is ridiculous. Blocking content that the content creators themselves want to put out there violates multiple rights.
Because this site is LEGAL. Not borderline, the unsigned artists upload the content themselves!
Freedom, no laws broken.
Because Promo Bay is a real and 100% legal way for artists to introduce themselves to a wide and receptive audience, and any obstruction working against that cause is not only plain stupid, but frankly infuriating in itself.