Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger
Source: Torrent Freak
Imagine that you found this great new band sharing their music on BitTorrent for free.
Youre actually so excited about this find you want to share the experience with friends, so you paste them a link to the official torrent file via Windows Live Messenger.
Although this might sound like a good idea to some, Microsoft appears to disagree. Those who try to paste a Pirate Bay link to their friends through Windows Live Messenger will notice that it never reaches its destination.
Instead, Microsoft alerts the sender that The Pirate Bay is unsafe. Apparently, the company is actively monitoring peoples communications to prevent them from linking to sites they deem to be a threat.
Read more: http://torrentfreak.com/microsoft-censors-pirate-bay-links-in-windows-live-messenger-120324/
saras
(6,670 posts)Being Microsoft, they have to make something else not work because people like it.
FreeBC
(403 posts)My antivirus has popped up with warnings while on the Pirate Bay. They apparently don't put much effort into screening their ads.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)Do they block CNet? No, because CNet can still distribute malicious software since they've knuckled under to the RIAAs extortion racket.
canuckledragger
(1,671 posts)..many anti-virus vendors have taken a nanny-like approach to sites like the Pirate Bay & try to scare you into not going there. (based on the probability that you MIGHT get a virus from something you download there)
JesterCS
(1,827 posts)are false positives from outdated or poor AV programs. Ive yet to find a virus from there even using windows security essentials.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)Yeah, really.
ZM90
(706 posts)Once you censor one thing online it becomes a slippery slope to be abused to stifle freedom of speech. Not too surprising though considering it's Micro$oft.
msongs
(67,496 posts)ZM90
(706 posts)Another possible work around might be by using tiny url.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)nolabels
(13,133 posts)i use the internet
kentauros
(29,414 posts)However, MS also owns Skype. Is this just a test-run to see how well it works before implementing it there? I'd hate to have to give up Skype because it's a really useful program...
anti-alec
(420 posts)As if I'd continue to use Live Messenger.
I use Trillian.
N/T
AmateurPolymath
(19 posts)But theft is theft, after all. TPB is a blatant violation of international copyright laws. I had friends who used to download entire discographies, hundreds of dollars in intellectual property. I'm pretty content with legal, ad-supported services like last.Fm, Grooveshark, and Pandora. Although Netflix are dicks when it comes to price changes, they'te a safe alternative to pirating movies for me. The good news is that since the SOPA shitstorm, the film industry has backed away from outrageous lobbying for unconstitutional Internet policing. Lets not encourage more SOPA-like measures by encouraging the piracy that abomination was created to allegedly combat.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)Not sure exactly how they will do this, but it's creative.
I'll dig up a link..
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)...or maybe you tell you friends about Ubuntu. F*ck MS!