Archive for the 'btjunkie' Category

BTjunkie Starts Proxy to Bypass Italian Blockade

Monday, April 25th, 2011

A few days ago an Italian court ordered all ISPs to block subscriber access to BTjunkie, leaving hundreds of thousands of Italians with the task of finding a new torrent site. Or perhaps not? Just hours after the news was made public, a brand new and ad-free proxy site was launched. The site allows Italians to browse an uncensored web and access BTjunkie, as well as another popular blocked site, The Pirate Bay.

Source: BTjunkie Starts Proxy to Bypass Italian Blockade

Italian Court Orders All ISPs to Block BTjunkie

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

After similar action against The Pirate Bay, an Italian court has today ordered all ISPs to block subscriber access to another major BitTorrent site, BTjunkie. The public prosecutor described BTJunkie as one of the most prominent havens for pirated media and the authorities further blame the BitTorrent site for the failure of the Italian pay-per-view TV-station Dahlia TV, which shut down due to financial problems last month.

Source: Italian Court Orders All ISPs to Block BTjunkie

Google Removes BTJunkie From Search Results

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Following a DMCA takedown request from Fox regarding an Avatar torrent, Google has removed the BTJunkie homepage from its search results. A few months ago Google erroneously banned The Pirate Bay homepage for which it later apologized. Whether or not the BTJunkie ban is also a mistake is unclear.