Re: [LINK] First Aussie Pirate Bay Block Gets Defeated in Seconds

[JanW]

At 08:24 AM 22/12/2016, Christian Heinrich wrote:
>It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that when complying with the
>order made the court that their network engineers were also aware of
>the workaround before this change was implemented too?
>
>Furthermore, Telstra could argue it would be oppressive for the rights
>holder to demand the blocking of outbound DNS traffic on the basis of
>critical infrastructure, etc 

Not to mention that Telstra is selling bandwidth and data traffic. Why would 
they want to reduce their own revenue stream?

duh

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Re: [LINK] First Aussie Pirate Bay Block Gets Defeated in Seconds

[Christian Heinrich]

Stephen,

On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Stephen Loosley
 wrote:
> As previously reported, the order from the Court allows ISPs to choose how to 
> implement
> the blockade, including DNS blocking, IP address blocking (or IP re-routing), 
> URL blocking,
> or “any alternative technical means” approved by a rightsholder.

It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that when complying with the
order made the court that their network engineers were also aware of
the workaround before this change was implemented too?

Furthermore, Telstra could argue it would be oppressive for the rights
holder to demand the blocking of outbound DNS traffic on the basis of
critical infrastructure, etc


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[LINK] First Aussie Pirate Bay Block Gets Defeated in Seconds

[Stephen Loosley]

First Aussie Pirate Bay Block Gets Defeated in Seconds

By Andy, December 20, 2016
https://torrentfreak.com/first-aussie-pirate-bay-block-gets-defeated-in-seconds-161220/


Telstra has become the very first Australian ISP to block The Pirate Bay, a 
move designed to crack down on piracy in the country. However, the blocking 
method chosen by the ISP is the most basic option permitted under the Federal 
Court's order. As a result, it's been defeated in seconds.

Following a case brought by rightsholders including Roadshow Films, Foxtel, 
Disney, Paramount, Columbia, and 20th Century Fox, more than fifty Internet 
service providers in Australia are now required to start barring subscriber 
access to selected ‘pirate’ sites.

In a ruling last week, the Federal Court decided that by the end of the year, 
The Pirate Bay, Torrentz, TorrentHound, IsoHunt and streaming service 
SolarMovie will all have to be rendered inaccessible to subscribers in 
Australia. The same also applies to dozens of proxy and mirror sites.

With just under two weeks before the deadline expires, ISP Telstra has decided 
to move quickly. During the past few hours the service provider began its 
blocking regime, starting with The Pirate Bay. As ordered by the Federal Court, 
visitors to the site are now being met by a landing page which explains why 
they can no longer access it.

As previously reported, the order from the Court allows ISPs to choose how to 
implement the blockade, including DNS blocking, IP address blocking (or IP 
re-routing), URL blocking, or “any alternative technical means” approved by a 
rightsholder.

It appears that Telstra has chosen to implement a DNS block, the weakest option 
available. As a result, it is defeated in a matter of seconds with a just a few 
clicks and not a penny spent. Many users are already choosing to configure 
their computers to use Google’s DNS instead of Telstra’s, which simply means 
adding a few digits to a setting in Windows.

Others are using OpenDNS since there is a belief that the Cisco-owned company 
logs less data than Google does. However, since accessing The Pirate Bay itself 
isn’t a crime, any data held in this circumstance is likely to hold little 
value.

Of course, those concerned about privacy can still turn to VPNs, which are 
already proving of greater interest to Australians since news of the court 
order landed last week. It’s also worth noting that while a simple DNS tweak 
defeat’s Telstra’s blocking efforts, other ISPs may choose a more secure option 
for which DNS won’t provide a solution. In that case a VPN is the only 
all-round secure option.

Nevertheless, as it stands today a head-shaking situation prevails. For years, 
rightsholders have lobbied for site-blocking in Australia. They even managed to 
have the law changed to allow it to happen. They then went to court and dragged 
themselves and ISPs through thousands of hours of legal work, culminating in 
the Federal Court itself ordering a blockade.

And Internet users got round it all in less time than it took to read this 
article.

Cheers,
Stephen


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