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Malaysian Government Orders Immediate Torrent Site Blackout
torrentfreak.com — Reports are coming in that the government in Malaysia has ordered the immediate suspension of all BitTorrent trackers hosted in the country. In a shock move, the government - citing the ‘Copyright Act 1987′ has ordered hosts to suspend servers that host BitTorrent sites, pending an investigation. Many sites are currently offline.
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- AngelBunny, on 06/28/2008, -9/+6oh noes were are thou ftn?
- schmiggyjk, on 06/28/2008, -4/+2shush yourself, you should know better, -1
- AngelBunny, on 06/28/2008, -1/+1rofl. i doubt B minds. should i ask him? :P
- schmiggyjk, on 06/28/2008, -4/+2shush yourself, you should know better, -1
- frakkingtoaster, on 06/28/2008, -12/+2**** COPYRICHT ACT 1987!?
- xNIBx, on 06/28/2008, -9/+2This is probably why ftn is down.
- skidme, on 06/28/2008, -13/+7Ooo!!!Oooo!! We should invade there next!
- kalagmail, on 06/28/2008, -9/+3Long live bit torrent !!!!!!!!!1
- ranirastabout, on 06/28/2008, -13/+1What is this "torrent" you speak of? Let us celebrate with the slaughtering of a hound.
- pandaslist, on 06/28/2008, -17/+1can a government be the most powerful company of all time and decide to take away such liberties as downloading and enjoying the simplest of all acts....
I wondered why the country next to them, which is a dictatorial state (Singapore) was not doing the same before them...and who is really the most powerful government on earth, check this out:
http://www.themostpowerfulcompany.com- fLUx1337, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Wow, you really went to business school? Hope it wasn't expensive, you suck at business!
- Jayne115, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1***** bush bot
- cliffski, on 06/28/2008, -2/+1what 'liberty' do you have to steal copyrighted material you ***** retard?
- Giga, on 06/30/2008, -0/+0It is very tough for me as an American to understand that there is an upper cap on how much profit someone is allowed to make from a non-essential "pure entertainment" service or product that they developed. Especially considering I am not an American.
- z3021017, on 06/28/2008, -2/+18alamak!
- qgchew, on 06/28/2008, -1/+8Malaysia boleh! Everything boleh!
- HMMaster, on 06/28/2008, -1/+13petrol up, bittorrent down D: hidup BN!
- warp25, on 06/28/2008, -0/+6Wow, didn't know there were Malaysians on Digg
- Trax91, on 06/28/2008, -2/+3Pak Lah should jump off the Klang River!
- ngsayjoe, on 06/28/2008, -7/+2Now I know why all so called 3G, 4G, broadbands in Malaysia are so damn slow. I can't believe these buggers have been hosting/streaming torrents on the back of our Malaysian Internet backbone.
I think with this move, we Malaysians can finally enjoy fast Internet connection. For the first time, the BN is doing something right.- rajinder, on 06/28/2008, -3/+1As much as I enjoy Bit Torrent as the next guy, I have to agree that the Internet in Malaysia is ridiculously slow as it is. With these people hosting these torrents, it gets even slower.
- mypetridish, on 06/28/2008, -3/+1TUn Mahathir best.. everything on the net is OK
under Pak Lah everything also they want to control - jingwei, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1oh noes.
I hope they dont ban blueserver next.- takatoo, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1dota ftw!
- saymawa, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1eh. my house torrents seem alive and well.
- zhlimnick, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1malaysian brudders on digg yay
- ephrils1, on 06/28/2008, -3/+1....what are they so afraid of...
- secrity, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2A bush
- john570, on 06/28/2008, -3/+22It must be the BUSH administration.
- SwedishNinja, on 06/28/2008, -1/+3Yeah! Wait, wat?
- TristanTime, on 06/28/2008, -1/+5Ummm, read the update they posted at the bottom:
"Update: Contrary to comments from a site admin, sources close to the situation are saying the shutdowns are limited to a small number of sites and aren’t necessarily part of a wider crackdown, despite government involvement." - movd, on 06/28/2008, -0/+6going there tomorrow for vacation cant wait!
- l800LEMMINGS, on 06/28/2008, -0/+3take a few servers with you on your way home
- jingwei, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1check out pulau redang.
- warp25, on 06/28/2008, -1/+25Time to send in Zoolander
- Uiaccsk, on 06/28/2008, -10/+3You spend hours carefully dissecting digg articles. Some people do this to be well informed, some do it to have fun. But not you, the endless time youve spent staring at your screen are dedicated to commenting with the perfect pop culture reference to every digg article. So heres to you, useless pop culture reference digg commenter. Because without you, we just wouldnt remember what that crappy movie had to do with relevant world issues.
- arbouler, on 06/28/2008, -0/+7you need to Relax!!!
- Pixelante, on 06/28/2008, -0/+0But shoot it in the right direction
- mrkakka, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1Damn claymation dudes
- Uiaccsk, on 06/28/2008, -10/+3You spend hours carefully dissecting digg articles. Some people do this to be well informed, some do it to have fun. But not you, the endless time youve spent staring at your screen are dedicated to commenting with the perfect pop culture reference to every digg article. So heres to you, useless pop culture reference digg commenter. Because without you, we just wouldnt remember what that crappy movie had to do with relevant world issues.
- sonar1, on 06/28/2008, -4/+8pssst, newsgroups
- sarixe, on 06/28/2008, -0/+6pssst, subscription fee
- KyleGoetz, on 06/28/2008, -1/+3pssst worth it
- lonewalker, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1pssst, ~ Captain Jack Sparrow Edition @ pasar malam
- AngelBunny, on 06/28/2008, -2/+1what is the point of paying for warez? srsly.
yes newsgroups rock, but not many people are willing to pay money for that service and if your blessed enough to have an ISP that lets you download from newsgroups then consider yourself extremely lucky.
- sarixe, on 06/28/2008, -0/+6pssst, subscription fee
- lonewalker, on 06/28/2008, -0/+5Great, copyright act 1987, if "M'sia Boleh" update that act first
/sarcasm - 30Seconds, on 06/28/2008, -1/+3Is that what happened to sumotorrent?
- smotpoker1, on 06/28/2008, -5/+4Here it goes guys we need to start our own internet.I for one will allow them to bury the fiber line through my land and will donate to have it run.If we all chip in a little we can make our own and tell all who impose restrictions/throttling/censorship to kiss the worlds collective ass.
- cliffski, on 06/28/2008, -3/+2grow up kid
- Pixelante, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1Until the cops bust down your door, pump you full of tear gas, explode your head with a 9mm 3-round burst from a MP5, burn your parents' house to the ground and feed your twitching corpse to rabid dogs.
- theWaterboy, on 06/28/2008, -9/+4hmmm... so exactly what torrent trackers were in Malaysia that we should care about?
- prophetpimp, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1demonoid was there for a while.
- arbouler, on 06/28/2008, -2/+8***** ***** i just moved to malaysia.
does this mean that now i cant download proj runway, weeds, the office etc etc? tv shows in malaysia are total *****.- ngsayjoe, on 06/28/2008, -0/+3They just blocked the hosts/trackers, not BitTorrent port. You can still download torrents from any other trackers though.
- b8man99, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2And to be honest, you can just pop down to your local pirate dvd place and pick up the series for cheap anyway.
But beware that any Malaysian ISP will hand over details of your activity to anyone that threatens them. Welcome to Malaysia.
- mrzack, on 06/28/2008, -6/+25What a ***** fascist country. thank god I live in America, where it's free, no police state, no wire tapping, no illegal wars, no police harassing and tasering people, no torture, a just prison system, a non corrupt government, a truth telling main stream media....
- Trax91, on 06/28/2008, -1/+14My sarcastic friend is sarcastic.
- Prismatic, on 06/28/2008, -5/+0*fixed*
Thank god I live in America, where it's free. - Jayne115, on 06/28/2008, -11/+0"thank god I live in America, where it's free, no police state, no wire tapping, no illegal wars, no police harassing and tasering people, no torture, a just prison system, a non corrupt government, a truth telling main stream media"
What? Are you ***** serious? If you are then where the ***** is your /sarcasm?
Another ***** Bush Bot..- aftern9ne, on 06/28/2008, -0/+4The sarcasm is pretty obvious.
- prophetpimp, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Sir, We would like to inform you that your Sarcasm Detector is on the fritz.People know your head on the wall for an easy fix.
- wexmajor, on 06/28/2008, -3/+2We still have the closest thing to freedom of expression of any country in the world. Well, any country that I know of anyway.
- irCuBiC, on 06/28/2008, -0/+3Your geography skills must be horrible. :)
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.……../::::::::/. .¯„-“;;;;;;;;;;;;;;”^-„”~„::::::::::::”~„„„„„„-~” - Tetec, on 06/28/2008, -6/+1You messed it up guys.
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- bonez56, on 06/28/2008, -4/+1i see what you did there
- sarixe, on 06/28/2008, -3/+2SHOOP DA WHOOP
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- clickfire, on 06/28/2008, -1/+12No offense, but I'm a little more concerned about the government's restrictions on individual liberties than on BT.
- aedenp, on 06/28/2008, -1/+8Don't worry, they're doing just fine on those, too.
- porcupine, on 06/28/2008, -9/+2who the hell uses Bit Torrent anymore now ?, go on usenet and leech away. BT is old news.
- bonez56, on 06/28/2008, -5/+2don't advertise one of the best kept secrets... shhh
let the noobs use limewire and torrents and keep the good ***** for the rest of us :) - sarixe, on 06/28/2008, -2/+1s/Bit Torrent/USENET
s/usenet/Bittorrent
s/leech/seed - AngelBunny, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1usenet costs and bt is free. that is why.
- bonez56, on 06/28/2008, -5/+2don't advertise one of the best kept secrets... shhh
- tehxen3, on 06/28/2008, -3/+1Oh dear... Sucks for them, bwahhahah!
- JudgeMonkey, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1To modify a quote slightly from Pastor Martin Niemöller:
They came first for the Swedes and I did not speak up because I was not a Swede.
Then they came for the Malaysians and I did not speak up because I was not a Malaysian.
Then they came for me and by that time, no one was left to speak up.
- JudgeMonkey, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1To modify a quote slightly from Pastor Martin Niemöller:
- estacado, on 06/28/2008, -1/+7You can mess with petrol prices, you can mess with civil liberties, you can mess with beautiful mongolians, but don't mess with BT.
- GliliumHkY, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1Once again, Malaysia proved that "Malaysia Boleh BELAR~(piss off)".
- cliffski, on 06/28/2008, -6/+1hahahahahaha
***** pirates get what you deserve - kristov, on 06/28/2008, -0/+2Not sure this is an attack on your civil liberties per se - id bet money that someone just got paid off by the RIAA/MPAA and had to uphold their end of the bargain.
- zaini014, on 06/28/2008, -1/+0Juz like Japan ayte?
No more torrent! Padan muke kite - amdahlj, on 06/28/2008, -3/+2Tourism campaign ad:
Malaysia, truly Asia! - Koushiro, on 06/28/2008, -0/+6Well the torrent sites are in direct competition with the triads over there, so I can see why they'd want them shut down.
- Iztikeit, on 06/28/2008, -3/+0I don't see why people are so adamant about pirating. Being a slight pirate is one thing, being an adamant supporter is a different thing altogether.
I know people that pirate just for the sake of pirating. It's kind of pathetic. As if there is some pride in safely stealing. - bangmalley, on 08/30/2008, -0/+2no big deal. we usually use foreign torrent site/tracker.
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........................................_..........._,-%.......`............... - b8man99, on 06/29/2008, -0/+6Malaysia used to be better when they cared about things that actually mattered, rather than what they're told to care about by nations they are trying to impress. Great country, amazing people, terrible government.
- dima1109, on 06/29/2008, -1/+0Funny to see diggers try to come up with "individual rights" and "police state" metaphors when the case does not relate to the United States in any way.
- takatoo, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1***** tmnet
- autoy, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Brokenstones, the best Mac tracker around, gone for good :_(
- reformation, on 06/30/2008, -1/+0Its not ok to steal software, music, or films so this is good move.
- shykilla, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Any torrent site hosted on shared hosting server can easily lag the server. Can bring headache to many others.
- Chaoticaa, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1RIP BrokenStones.. Great Mac community that I'm really going to miss!
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