DIY Host bans BitTorrent trackers
The UK ISP DIYHost has changed its terms of service to explicitly forbid hosting BitTorrent trackers. Time for DIYHost's customers to get a better ISP. Actually, the whole ToS is pretty craptacular: no linking to emulators? No sites not in English? Crikey."BitTorrent" servers and source sites, third-party copyrighted material, "warez" (including pirated software, ROMS, emulators, "phreaking", hacking, password cracking material - and links to the same), sites not in the English language, or IRC servers on our network. It is also forbidden to use our service as a "remote/off site back up" or a "filestore" solution. Accounts found hosting this material will be subject to immediate cancellation without refund. Easy Internet Solutions Ltd reserves the right to terminate accounts hosting material, which in its sole opinion, may be classed as "undesirable content" or which may pose a risk (of any sort) to either Easy Internet Solutions Ltd as a company, our network or servers or to a third party.Link
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Cory Doctorow
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