While this could be considered a “major win” for the music industry, I think it becomes a scary reminder of what the Internet has become. It used to be that we could access whatever site we wanted, naturally at our own risk and discretion, but court orders like this are indicative of what we may have to expect moving forward.

We make our jokes about the Great Firewall of China, but it’s not just China where sites are being blocked. Among the ISPs in the UK forced to block The Pirate Bay are Sky, O2, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, and–ironically enough–Everything Everwhere. They may have to change their names to Some of the Stuff in Select Locations.

Of course, there are ways to circumvent this block, like using proxies, but that’s up to you.

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