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TorrentSpy Blocks U.S. Users
Battle with entertainment industry continues...
Popular BitTorrent search site TorrentSpy has started blocking U.S. users. The website has been engaged in a legal fight with the MPAA over handing over user search records. American users who try to use the site now receive this warning message (in addition to some delicious URL spam):
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Sorry, but because you are located in the USA you cannot use the search features of the Torrentspy.com website. Torrentspy’s decision to stop accepting US visitors was NOT compelled by any Court but rather an uncertain legal climate in the US regarding user privacy and an apparent tension between US and European Union privacy laws.
More than 15% of TorrentSpy users are U.S. residents. More detail on TorrentSpy's legal efforts here.
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hopeflicker
Capitalism breeds greed
Premium Member
join:2003-04-03
Long Beach, CA

hopeflicker

Premium Member

queue up

the MPAA/RIAA mouth pieces.

Subaru
1-3-2-4
Premium Member
join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT

1 recommendation

Subaru

Premium Member

who cares

The site sucked anyways

dadkins
Can you do Blu?
MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA

2 edits

1 recommendation

dadkins

MVM

Re: who cares

said by Subaru:

The site sucked anyways
Yeah it does!

Don't use BT much anymore, but Yeah! TorrentSpy sucked(sucks) anyways!

FFH5
Premium Member
join:2002-03-03
Tavistock NJ

FFH5 to Subaru

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to Subaru
said by Subaru:

The site sucked anyways
You are right:
»www.afterdawn.com/news/a ··· 0621.cfm

DOStradamus
MVM
join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA

DOStradamus to Subaru

MVM

to Subaru
Lemme fix that, sir!
said by Subaru:

The site sucked anyways the "green" part of a donkey!
Ahhh... much better!

-NK

MuDvAyNe
Premium Member
join:2002-03-02
Brooklyn, NY

MuDvAyNe

Premium Member

eh?

weird I am still able to visit and use the search feature

hopeflicker
Capitalism breeds greed
Premium Member
join:2003-04-03
Long Beach, CA

hopeflicker

Premium Member

Re: eh?

that's weird

Tokidoki
Premium Member
join:2002-08-26
South Richmond Hill, NY

Tokidoki to MuDvAyNe

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to MuDvAyNe
said by MuDvAyNe:

weird I am still able to visit and use the search feature
apparently, you don't live in the US........TRAITOR!

JonnyBlaze_
join:2004-07-22
Ashland City, TN

JonnyBlaze_

Member

Re: eh?

I get the notice, but the search bar on the top still works.

MuDvAyNe
Premium Member
join:2002-03-02
Brooklyn, NY

MuDvAyNe

Premium Member

Re: eh?

well it finally doesn't work for me lol, o wells.

Robert
Premium Member
join:2001-08-25
Miami, FL

Robert

Premium Member

I'm blocked..

Looks like I can't search their site.

Pirate515
Premium Member
join:2001-01-22
Brooklyn, NY

Pirate515

Premium Member

Easy way around it?

Anyone care to post a list of some proxies outside of the US?

Tokidoki
Premium Member
join:2002-08-26
South Richmond Hill, NY

Tokidoki

Premium Member

Re: Easy way around it?

said by Pirate515:

Anyone care to post a list of some proxies outside of the US?
Just use other, better, torrent sites.

click_310
Eat my shorts
join:2002-12-06
Savannah, GA

click_310 to Pirate515

Member

to Pirate515
TOR?

GlenQuagmire
Giggidy Giggidy Giggidy Goo
Premium Member
join:2004-02-16
Grand Rapids, MI

GlenQuagmire

Premium Member

Who Cares

Who cares, their will be 10 more to take it's place.

SupI2n0va
@comcast.net

SupI2n0va

Anon

Re: Who Cares

Nothing will ever top SuprNova!!! RIP

lucky644
Premium Member
join:2002-02-04

lucky644

Premium Member

Re: Who Cares

suprnova isn't dead.

»suprnova.org/
yeahian1
join:2007-07-31
Altadena, CA

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to GlenQuagmire
said by GlenQuagmire:

Who cares, their will be 10 more to take it's place.
What if there are not?
zod5000
join:2003-10-21
Victoria, BC

zod5000

Member

They're blocking my Canadian ISP

Not that I ever use the site, but i followed the link in the article and they are blocking my ISP (which is Canadian). Our copyright laws are even more lax then the EU, I wonder why they're blocking us out.

Doctor Olds
I Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.
Premium Member
join:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30

Doctor Olds

Premium Member

Re: They're blocking my Canadian ISP

said by zod5000:

Not that I ever use the site, but i followed the link in the article and they are blocking my ISP (which is Canadian).
If you followed this link »www.torrentspy.com/US_Pr ··· vacy.asp , no wonder you were blocked.

Try »www.torrentspy.com/
MmmPancakes
join:2007-05-29
T3H

MmmPancakes

Member

Re: They're blocking my Canadian ISP

LOL what the hell is going on. I type in torrentspy.com, I get the privacy notice, yet I'm on a Canadian ISP.

Doctor Olds
I Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.
Premium Member
join:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30

Doctor Olds

Premium Member

Re: They're blocking my Canadian ISP

said by MmmPancakes:

LOL what the hell is going on. I type in torrentspy.com, I get the privacy notice, yet I'm on a Canadian ISP.
Don't know, it works great for me in the good ole' USA!!


CMoore2004
Premium Member
join:2003-02-06
Jonesville, MI

CMoore2004

Premium Member

Re: They're blocking my Canadian ISP

Try a search.

Thrudd
join:2004-06-21
Mississauga, ON

Thrudd

Member

Re: They're blocking my Canadian ISP

Might be because your ISP routes through a US gateway meybe?

I dont know, these pipe things get all twisted together and for some reason get clogged with all sorts if internets things.

snipper_cr
Premium Member
join:2002-01-22
Wheaton, IL

snipper_cr

Premium Member

Re: They're blocking my Canadian ISP

The internet isnt made up of pipes... its made up of TUBES

Doctor Olds
I Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.
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join:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30

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said by CMoore2004:

Try a search.
Like this?

qwertyuio
@telus.net

qwertyuio to MmmPancakes

Anon

to MmmPancakes
It works from 2 Canadian providers that don't use .ca (rogers.com & telus.net), if you are on Teksavvy they likely need to be registered somewhere.

Elcabong
Cuba SI, Castro NO
join:2000-03-09
Philadelphia, PA

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Member

to zod5000
Didn't you know America owns Canada? You're part of the States!

RobinK
join:2004-04-16
Canada

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to zod5000
What ISP? I am on Bell Sympatico and searching works for me.

Anonymous_
Anonymous
Premium Member
join:2004-06-21
127.0.0.1

Anonymous_

Premium Member

All ready BYpassed

»BREAKING Newz !!! Torrent Spy

ARGONAUT
Have a nice day.
Premium Member
join:2006-01-24
New Albany, IN

ARGONAUT

Premium Member

torrentz?

TorrentSpy isn't the only torrent site.

TOPDAWG
Premium Member
join:2005-04-27
Calgary, AB

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TOPDAWG

Premium Member

God awful site

The site is shit anyway I never use it. Also if you read about people who get DMA notice's in their email most times it from using a torrent from that site.

HM it blocks me and I'm not even in the US. So they really smart I wonder how long it will take them to tell their ad banner people we just blocked %15 of our user base from seeing your ads.

crischen
join:2000-11-07
Anderson, IN

crischen

Member

blocking

Hrm. I'm not gonna say whether my ISP is blocked or not.

KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
Netgear WNDR3700v2
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KrK

Premium Member

The Future for US Citizens on the Internet....?

"Hello...

Your connection appears to originate from inside the USA.
Due to persecution from the U.S. Government, and fear of legal attack by large U.S. Corporate Interests, this site has no choice but to block all connections that appear to come from within the U.S.A. or any of it's territories or occupied countries. We regret any inconvenience, and suggest you work to change your government from within. Goodbye.

You will now be redirected to an appropriate internet site for Americans.

www.aol.com/sanitizedandprotected/kiddiezone.html

en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA

en102

Member

Re: The Future for US Citizens on the Internet....?

That is the future... as grim/bleak as it may sound.
DVD's were originally designed this was as well (codes for specific countries), banning some DVD's from playing on DVD players in other countries. This is JUST the beginning. The Internet will be corporate owned. If it is owned by the government... it will be managed by big corp with heavy lobbiests.
roachxp
join:2004-05-26
Milford, MA

roachxp

Member

Re: The Future for US Citizens on the Internet....?

Too bad HD DVD are region free so they arent restricted.
eugine
join:2003-03-07
Milwaukee, WI

eugine

Member

Blocked here

Its about time 1 that site was garbage and 2 now that its blocked im not tempted to fill myself with adware

chRoniX10
Peace sells, but who's buying?
Premium Member
join:2004-05-22
Chatsworth, CA

chRoniX10

Premium Member

eh

I quit using the torrentspy website some time ago. Mininova.org FTW!

lordfly
join:2000-10-12
Homestead, FL

lordfly

Member

Firewall blocking

Oh well, my firewall is working so it wouldn't matter. The message I get is:

Request denied by WatchGuard HTTP proxy.
Reason: one or more categories denied helper='WebBlocker.1' details='Remote Proxies'
Method: GET
Host: www.torrentspy.com
Path: /US_Privacy.asp

I don't know why it is called a remote proxy, but so be it.

brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brewster, NY

brooklynman4

Member

Re: Firewall blocking

Lets open up that back door and sneak in guys come on lol.

furlonium
join:2002-05-08
Allentown, PA

furlonium

Member

Time for a migration?

Maybe anyone who frequented Torrentspy can discover the joy that is Usenet.

Oh wait, are we still supposed to be quiet as to keep "n00bs" out?

••••••
whiteyonenh
join:2004-08-09
Keene, NH

whiteyonenh

Member

TorrentSpy???

Hmmm, whats TorrentSpy? Never heard of it, lol.

phoneboy3
@shawcable.net

phoneboy3

Anon

Lawyers win

The only people who win from all this are the lawyers. The US is pretty much run by Lawyers now.

•••

BryanOnComc
join:2007-06-22
Brandon, FL

BryanOnComc

Member

ok

Works fine for me

old computer man
@mc.videotron.ca

old computer man

Anon

torrent spy

i am able to connect to them and load from mirror site. sorry for our us friends .there now grab with above.net
impulse101
join:2007-01-30
Beachwood, NJ

impulse101

Member

Re: torrent spy

noob torrent sites like torrentspy and the pirate bay you are just asking to get busted. use private member sites if you use torrents
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