[Despised]

I mean you can circumvent the restriction by using TOR.

If you want to download torrents at 10 Kbps, sure.

They blocked the site, not the entire torrent protocol. You can get the torrent hash and trackers from the site while using TOR, then use your normal connection to download the files.

I'm usually not the type of paranoid person but even I suggest using a VPN when torrenting.

[817_091_278]

I mean you can circumvent the restriction by using TOR.

If you want to download torrents at 10 Kbps, sure.

They blocked the site, not the entire torrent protocol. You can get the torrent hash and trackers from the site while using TOR, then use your normal connection to download the files.

My brain hurts from the fact I didn't realize that. I hate sleep deprivation.

[Bish0pQ]

Torrents have been around for quite some time now, but have advanced so far that it won't go away anymore. They just can't block all torrenting (nothing is impossible though).
Luckily there are a lot of mirrors available.

Always be carefull though with mirrors. There has been a version of kickassunblock that used to scam credit card details from users (don't know who is stupid enough to put in their credit card details on a torrent site...).

[mothered]

I've enjoyed reading each and every comment.

What's absurd, Is the fact that the court's ruling was for 'ISPs" to block access to The Pirate Bay. What about Google and other search engines? They're providing the gateway to The Pirate Bay, but there's no mention of taking action (litigation or otherwise) against Google. I'm a firm believer that If a service Is put online for the entire globe to access, there should not be restrictions to that service via third-party entities, In this case being ISPs.

Evidently, the copyright holders have repeatedly failed to take down The Pirate Bay, so now they've targeted the weaker point of access being ISPs.