Turkey Blocks Access to MySpace and Last.fm
Eric Calouro | Sep 20, 2009 | Comments 2
According to a Turkish blog, it appears as if the Turkish government has blocked social networking giant MySpace and Last.fm. This is in addition to the already blocked video sharing site, YouTube.
The mentioned blog post goes on to state the following:
“…this ban may be a consequence of a case filed by Turkish Union of Music Producers (MÜYAP) in order to protect music rights.”
Of course, this isn’t the end of the world for users of Last.fm and MySpace. Those who have blocked access can use OpenDNS (free DNS service), instead of using government-controlled DNS.
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Yeah, someone could always use a free DNS service or proxy. I don’t know understand why nations believe they can control their people.
@Zach: Because they know they can, which is unfortunate. I think Americans take their freedoms from granted lots of times (I’ll admit it — I do). These people should have basic rights to visit any site they want to.