Online users bypass block

PETALING JAYA: The online file-sharing community remains active despite the Government’s move to block 10 such websites to curb piracy.

Blogger and online marketing consultant David Wang said most users simply moved on to other websites offering the same facilities and services to download content.

“Users can also continue using the blocked websites by getting around it in a few simple steps,” he said.

Wang, who published a blog post titled “What is a DNS (Domain Name System) block and three ways to get around it” following the Govern­ment’s ban against the websites, said IT expertise was not necessary to gain access.

“Anyone who knows how to download free content from such websites will be able to do it,” he said.

A quick online search using the keywords “How to bypass DNS block” also showed many websites offering detailed explanations on the ways to get past it.

It was reported that the Government had declared war on file-sharing websites, with 10 of them blocked by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in a bid to combat piracy.

The websites were among the most visited sites by Malaysians to illegally download movies.

The MCMC had on May 30 written to all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ordering the block.

The letter, which was leaked online, also stated that the websites were being blocked for breaching Section 41 of the Copyright Act, which deals with pirated content.

The MCMC had said that the websites would be blocked in stages.

Sanjeev Nair, a marketing executive at an IT firm here, said although users could access the blocked websites through various other methods, the block should not have been imposed in the first place.

He said it was a violation of the MSC Malaysia Bill of Guarantees which stated that the Government would not censor the Internet.

“It is the principle of the matter and the authorities should realise that the Internet is all about sharing,” he said.

A check yesterday showed that nine of the websites were still accessible.

sos cili padi
see what you guys did there? later all cannot bypass liao 

Movie sites still accessible

By SUBASHINI SELVARATNAM
bytz@thestar.com.my

PETALING JAYA: The 10 file-sharing sites ordered to be blocked are still accessible to web surfers.

A check yesterday evening showed that nine of the sites could be accessed and their services utilised while the remaining one, www.duckload.com, was down due to technical difficulties. But it was also not blocked.

The websites are supposedly among the most visited by Malaysians to illegally download movies.

It had been reported that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) sent a letter on May 30 to all Internet service providers, ordering that the 10 sites be blocked.

The letter, among others, stated that the websites were being blocked for breaching Section 41 of the Copyright Act, which deals with pirated content.

When contacted, several ISPs were unable to comment on why the MCMC’s order had yet to be carried out.

They risk being penalised for not complying with the order.

Under Section 242 of the Commmunications and Multi­media Act, they can be fined RM100,000, jailed for not more than two years, or both.

A protest by local websurfers over the site-blocking has been growing on Twitter and Facebook. Their number came up to almost 12,000 over the past three days.

sos salah reporting

* p/s :the reporter is reporting her article with some misinformation and wrongly title. don't she know is the site is a file hosting and not a movie site. 
duckload is not down but the server was confiscated in raid in Europe with several people arrested .