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Re:Revenge of the pirates: Anonymous downs Pirate Bay censor by corin_ on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @09:37AM (#3948456)
Virgin Media seem like an odd target frankly, they're complying with a court order, they literally have no choice in the matter. (Unless I missed details in the court proceedings and Virgin were actively pushing for this?)
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Re:Revenge of the pirates: Anonymous downs Pirate Bay censor by Loque_k on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @10:19AM (#3948667)
They were also the most vocal in disagreeing with it.

Harsh really, they get lumped with a bill that they don't want and will cost them money to maintain, and annoy their customers... and they get DDOS'd

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Re:Revenge of the pirates: Anonymous downs Pirate Bay censor by tomjen3 on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @10:56AM (#3948846)
It is a well known tactic -- make the price of obeying laws high enough and companies will disobey them.
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