Torrent Crackdown

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Due to complicated licensing agreements Netflix is only available in a few dozen countries, all of which have a different content library. Some people bypass these content and access restrictions by using or other circumvention tools that change their geographical location. This makes it easy for people all around the world to pay for access to the U.S. Version of Netflix, for example.

The movie studios are not happy with these deviant subscribers as it hurts their licensing agreements. Previously entertainment industry sources in Australia complained bitterly that tens of thousands of Netflix “VPN-pirates”. Over the past weeks Netflix has started to take action against people who use certain circumvention tools.

The Android application started to which now makes it harder to use DNS based location unblockers, and several VPN IP-ranges were targeted as well. Thus far the actions are limited in scope, so not all VPN users may experience problems just yet. However, is one of the VPN providers which noticed a surge in access problems by its users, starting mid-December. “This is a brand new development.

A few weeks ago we received the first report from a handful of clients that Netflix blocked access due to VPN or proxy usage. This is the very first time I’ve ever heard Netflix displaying this type of error message to a VPN user,” TorGuard’s Ben Van der Pelt tells us. In TorGuard’s case the users were able to quickly gain access again by logging into another U.S.

It further appears that some of the blocking efforts were temporary, probably as a test for a full-scale rollout at a later date. “I have a sneaking suspicion that Netflix may be testing these new IP blocking methods temporarily in certain markets. At this time the blocks do not seem aggressive and may only be targeted at IP ranges that exceed too many simultaneous logins.” Netflix is reportedly testing a variety of blocking methods. From querying the user’s time zone through the web browser or mobile device GPS and comparing it to the timezone of their IP-address, to forcing Google’s DNS services in the Android app. TorGuard told us that if Netflix continues with a strict ban policy, they will provide an easy solution to bypass the blocks. Other services, such as Unblock-us are also to their customers.

Netflix’ efforts to block geoblocking circumvention tools doesn’t come as a surprise. TF has seen a draft of the content protection agreement Sony Pictures prepared for Netflix earlier this year. This agreement specifically requires Netflix to verify that registered users are indeed residing in the proper locations. Among other things Netflix must “use such geolocation bypass detection technology to detect known web proxies, DNS based proxies, anonymizing services and VPNs which have been created for the primary intent of bypassing geo-restrictions.” Blocking VPN and proxy “pirates” has become a priority for the movie studios as streaming services have failed to introduce proper countermeasures. Wxtoimg Keygens there. Early 2014 the movie studio looked into the accessibility of various services through popular circumvention tools, including TorGuard, to find out that most are not blocked. In a follow-up during the summer of 2014 Sony Pictures conducted research to identify the IP-ranges of various VPNs and proxies. These results were shared with Netflix and other streaming services so they could take action and expand their blocklists where needed.

Based on the above it’s safe to conclude that Netflix will continue to roll out more aggressive blocking tools during the months to come. As with all blocks, this may also affect some people who use VPNs for privacy and security reasons.

Whether Netflix will factor this in has yet to be seen. TF contacted Netflix for a comment on the findings and its future plans, but a few days have passed and we have yet to receive a response from the company. Netflix is not the only streaming service that’s targeting VPN and proxy users.

A few months ago. This made the site unusable for location “pirates,” but also U.S. Based paying customers who used a. Update: Netflix has responded to several media outlets claiming that they haven’t changed their policy against “illegal VPN use.” This doesn’t change the fact that Netflix is updating its blocking systems, affecting services that were not impacted before. In fact, they are required to do so by contract, as shown above.

THE PIRATE BAY • PH Torrent website downloaders have been left fearing a major crackdown Torrent users have been left wondering if a secret crackdown is taking place after The Pirate Bay was among almost a dozen sites that suddenly went offline. The Pirate Bay suffered connection issues on Monday and Tuesday as the site received a surge in traffic following the airing of the Game of Thrones season 7 finale. However, a few days later on Thursday the major torrent site went down for a few hours after it experienced a DDoS attack, according to. But The Pirate Bay wasn’t alone - this week almost a dozen major torrent sites went offline leaving users asking serious questions of what caused the outages. Major torrent website 1337x is one big player that has experienced issues in recent days, and has said it is currently the target of an 'ongoing attack'. Several torrent site admins also told TorrentFreak that they had noticed an increase in suspicious traffic which left their sites reeling.

One of the most widely used torrent search engines - TorrentProject.se - has been down for three days. When users tried to access the site, they were simply greeting with a ‘403 Forbidden’ error message. Another popular torrent search engine, Isohunt, has been unresponsive for over a week now. Major torrent website 1337x gave advice to their users after being subject to an “ongoing attack” this week. In a statement on their website, 1337x said: “Due to ongoing attack on website we have enabled cloud flare protection that caused auto-upload scripts to stop working.

“If you are uploader and your script is no longer working contact us via contact form. “Include your server ip so we can whitelist it.” Fans were also left fearing after WorldWideTorrents became unresponsive for a few days.

However, it later emerged the site had moved to a different domain name. The large number of major torrent sites going offline has lead many torrent users to question if there is a widespread attack taking place on torrent sites. In the TorrentFreak comments section, one user theorised that “shady” parties were behind the large scale torrent outage. While a user allegedly representing a website that unblocks websites banned by ISPs said: “We seen increase in traffic and ddos attacks [sic].” The news comes as this week HDClub, Russia’s leading HD-only torrent website, permanently shut down.

The torrent site had 170,000 users and was know for high-resolution torrents that often leaked onto The Pirate Bay. However, its operators said that continual complaints from rightsholders and third-party attacks have lead them to close down the site. THE PIRATE BAY The Pirate Bay went down reportedly after a DDoS attack An announcement from the website said: “Recently, we received several dozens of complaints from rightsholders weekly, and our community is subjected to attacks and espionage. Driver De Zte V8110 here. “In parallel, there is a tightening of Internet legislation in Russia, Ukraine and EU countries.

“In the circumstances, we can no longer support the work of the club in the originally conceived format. “The project is closed, but we ask you to refrain from long farewells. Thank you all and goodbye.” 1337X Leading torrent website 1337x said it is experiencing an 'ongoing attack' This year authorities have been clamping down on online piracy, with the penalties for it being increased significantly.

Earlier this year the Digital Economy Act became law, meaning anyone caught sharing illegal files in the UK could be sent to prison for up to 10 years. Previously, the maximum jail term for copyright infringement was two years but this has now been increased to a maximum of 10.

Although the bill is mainly aimed at stopping those distributing content illegally, end users could also end up in trouble. Related articles • • •.