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  1. Bypassing The High Court Ruling to block access to the Pirate Bay for beginners:
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  3. 1) Download a VPN. A good one is available at http://hotspotshield.com/. It is free, so will serve your purposes well. Note that Any VPN for a non-UK country will work, Canada and Sweden are great places for them at affordable prices (e.g. See BTGuard, IPredator).
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  5. 2) Install the VPN. This should be relatively straightforward.
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  7. 3) Once installed, you may configure it to auto-start when windows starts or OSX boots. This will ensure that all your traffic is encrypted, but may slow-down your downloading of files or prevent you from accessing UK-based internet services (for example, BBC I player).
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  9. 4) Also consider using an alternative DNS System, I personally use the free one provided by DNS Reactor http://dnsreactor.net/. You can find how to set this up at http://dnsreactor.net/dns_setup.html
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  11. 5) Go to https://thepiratebay.se/ (IP address:194.71.107.15 ). If your VPN is active, you will be able to browse the site without problem. Note that because the piratebay uses decentralised magnet links for it's torrenting. This cannot be blocked alongside the site because of it's inherent decentralised nature.
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  13. Afterthoughts:
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  15. There are many great VPN services, simply chose one that is not from the UK (and preferably non-US) and you will be fine. Consult https://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-providers-really-take-anonymity-seriously-111007/ for more advice. They run frequent articles on legal issues surrounding torrenting.
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  17. In addition, a simple proxy may be sufficient. A great list can be found at http://proxylist.insane.com/. If such a proxy is sufficient, you will not need to follow steps 1) to 5) above. In addition, simply access the piratebay via it's IP noted above (just paste it into your address bar) may be a good workaround, but it is unsure if this will work at the moment. Changing your DNS provider above aimed to give more anonymity, but will also sidestep the ISP piratebay blocking if they elect to use a DNS based blocking solution. This would be the best case scenario. If you want to know more, consider reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_circumvention#Alternative_DNS_Servers or consult my own online anonymity research paper, https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2g_o8B_v_B0dVA4N2ptT2FSZVdkR3ozYkY5cVlIdw/edit?pli=1
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  19. A lot warez sites are also useful for getting files. You may consider http://www.atomicwarez.com/ ; http://dirtywarez.com/ ; http://www.uniquewarez.com/ ; www.warez-bb.org/. You can google 'Warez site' and find many useful ones. These sites provide direct file links, and therefore are not affected by the ISP blocking of the piratebay.
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  21. That's enough from me. I write a lot about security issues on my twitter https://twitter.com/#!/010Misa010 and again as mentioned above, check out my research paper if you want a more 'in depth' and less user-friendly coverage with some analyse and speculation alongside.
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  23. Peace,
  24. Misa,
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  26. After all that, Relax,
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