On: Dutch Court of Appeals overturns Pirate Bay IP blo...

[alkonaut]

Surely "Bittorrrent" and "The pirate bay" are two separate things? In what way are they destroying bittorrent by attacking a single tracker/index? Isn't that analoguous to saying that trying to block or shut down any random web server serving something illegal is an attack on HTTP?

[rplnt → alkonaut]

Many ISPs block or limit torrent traffic, whatever the content. Mine has been doing this as far as I can remember. Have to use encrypted mode only.

[danieldk → rplnt]

The Netherlands has a net neutrality law:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality#Law_in_The_Nethe...

As a consequence, blocking or limiting Bittorrent traffic is not allowed.

[stingraycharles → danieldk]

Yeah, people tend to forget that net neutrality and censorship are two different things, albeit related.

[alkonaut → rplnt]

Yes, an attack on a particular protocol is an attack on that particular protocol. The first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club.

[ultramancool → alkonaut]

Except the attack would not actually be done via HTTP, but just by blocking access to its ports.

Perhaps you could say it's an attack on TCP/IP.

[Someone → alkonaut]

So, if the police confiscates your car after finding you DUI/closes a hotel because it has been repeatedly found to operate a child pornogrpahy ring/locks up somebody who uses his gun to kill people, that's an attack on car driving in general/on the general idea of running a hotel/on the right to bear arms? I see that more nuanced.

[rplnt → Someone]

You are way off with your analogy and I'm pretty sure you know it too.

[duaneb → alkonaut]

Legally, what separates shutting down The Pirate Bay from any other arbitrary tracker?