Torrent blocked

Torrent sites have been taking a lot of flak over the last few years, especially due to the growing pressure on Internet Service Providers. Recently, a long running case in Austria has ruled to block certain torrent websites, including The Pirate Bay and 1337x. This has led to some controversy, especially regarding the legal content available on the same websites. The argument being made is that these sites should not be blocked because of the illegal content, since they also have valuable legal content as well. Also, these sites form an important for of communication and data transfer between people. “A problem in this context is that the offending pages also have legal content and it is no longer possible to access that if barriers are put in place,” said ISPA (Internet Service Providers...