Anonymous’ DDOS attack on ISP, Virgin Media, is a “form of censorship.”
So says The Pirate Bay.
“We do NOT encourage these actions. We believe in the open and free internets, where anyone can express their views. Even if we strongly disagree with them and even if they hate us,” read a Facebook message from the Pirate Bay staff. “So don’t fight them using their ugly methods. DDOS and blocks are both forms of censorship.”
The DDOS attack, perpetrated by hacking group, Anonymous, was a response to Virgin Media’s compliance with a high court ruling that requires British ISP to block access to The Pirate Bay. Anonymous’ rage seems misguided, given that last year Virgin was one of several ISPs that refused to voluntarily block the popular file sharing site. While Virgin media is now actively blocking the site, the company insists that “changing consumer behavior to tackle copyright infringement also needs compelling legal alternatives, such as our agreement with Spotify, to give consumers access to great content at the right price.”
The Pirate Bay asks that any users who support their cause, do so in a more positive and legal fashion:
“If you want to help; start a tracker, arrange a manifestation, join or start a pirate party, teach your friends the art of bittorrent, set up a proxy, write your political representatives, develop a new p2p protocol, print some pro piracy posters and decorate your town with, support our promo bay artists or just be a nice person and give your mom a call to tell her you love her.”
Source The Verge
