VPN Provider Agrees to Block Torrent Traffic and The Pirate Bay on U.S. Servers

https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-provider-agrees-to-block-torrent-traffic-and-the-pirate-bay-on-u-s-servers-220117/

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nisegami• 5 years ago

Note that this was a settlement and the case never went to trial.

However, it sounds like VPN Unlimited advertised using their service to access torrent trackers, probably making themselves vulnerable to the same arguments as in MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.

Dkuku• 5 years ago

Vpn unlimited offers only a few servers that vsyou can use for torrents, it's blocked on most of them

SahAssar• 5 years ago

Most VPNs can’t track the online activities of subscribers

They can, but they say they won't. There is a huge difference.

no_time• 5 years ago

Also it's basically impossible to verify. If you want to collect large amounts of behavioral data, found a VPN company.

gruez• 5 years ago

Also it's basically impossible to verify.

There's this, which tries to do something about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29903695

VPN Provider Agrees to Block Torrent Traffic and The Pirate Bay on U.S. Servers

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