Movie Studios Get UK ISPs to Block Torrent Site Proxies

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[img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/eztv-logo.png[/img]Following a series of High Court orders, six UK ISPs are required to block subscriber access to several of the world’s largest torrent sites.

The blocks are effective, at least in preventing subscribers from accessing the domains directly, but that doesn’t mean that the sites are completely inaccessible.

With every site that is added to the blocklist, several reverse proxies are launched. These proxy sites give people access to the blocked sites and effectively bypass the restrictions that were put in case by the court.

TV-torrent site EZTV is the [url="http://torrentfreak.com/uk-internet-providers-start-blocking-eztv-and-ezrss-130726/"]latest target[/url] of the UK blocking spree. The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and FACT applied for a court order to render the site inaccessible and at the end of July UK providers complied.

At the same time, however, several EZTV proxies popped up. In addition, EZTV redirected UK visitors to a [url="http://torrentfreak.com/eztv-circumvents-isp-blockade-and-slams-hollywood-censorship-130731/"]special landing page[/url] with instructions on how to circumvent the blockades, although this was soon blocked as well.

Needless to say, the movie studios are not pleased with the proxies and TorrentFreak learned this week that they have asked the Internet providers to block these too.

A few days ago eztvproxy.net and eztv.dashitz.com became inaccessible on several ISPs and anti-piracy group FACT confirmed that they are behind these recent changes.

“We have notified some proxies,” FACT informed TorrentFreak after we inquired about the blocked sites.



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