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Re:Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS D... by lectrick on Thursday April 25, 2013 @01:36PM (#5608632)
Wait... Pirate Bay is blocked (out of the box) in the UK? That's rather draconian for a first-world nation...
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Re:Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS D... by w1ntermute on Thursday April 25, 2013 @03:03PM (#5609182)
The modern UK is essentially a police state.
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Re:Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS D... by wmf on Thursday April 25, 2013 @03:03PM (#5609183)
There's a lot of cultural disagreement within the first world. Check out UK libel law, the official secrets act, etc.
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