So That's Why MySpace Blocked YouTube
from the originality dept
News Corp. raised the hackles of some MySpace users last month when the site blocked links to video-hosting site YouTube. It eventually capitulated, saying there had been "a simple misunderstanding". Now, however, some are reporting that MySpace is blocking Revver, another video service. Another "misunderstanding"? Maybe, though it could have more to do with the strategy for the site News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch announced yesterday -- a strategy in which video downloads play a central role, along with instant messaging and internet calling. Sound familiar? Those are pretty much the same differentiators Murdoch said he wanted to add back in October as part of his "be different by offering the same stuff everybody else has" plan. Murdoch adds that the portal business is in danger of becoming outdated, that young people don't need a site to tell them where to go -- when, by adding the videos and voice calling and beefing up the site's instant-messaging service, it sounds like like a portal is exactly what he wants MySpace to be. MySpace can add all the cool new features it wants, but if it eschews the community and user-created content that made it so popular in favor of a broadcast-style business, its young user base will simply flock somewhere else. Update: After some people noticed -- just like with YouTube -- MySpace has reversed its blocking of Revver.
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Sheer Effrontery
How dare technology move in a direction Mr. Murdoch wants!!
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Sheer Effrontery
How dare technology move in a direction other than what Mr. Murdoch wants!!
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hell of a blocking technology over there...
myspace is run by a bunch of monkeys... it's not hard to outsmart a pack of monkeys.
all they do is strip the string 'youtube' from anywhere it is found... so just use the IP and you're fine!!
bunch of idiots. worst programming of any site in the history of ever.
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Re: hell of a blocking technology over there...
You don't browse pr0n sites very frequently, do you?
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Re: hell of a blocking technology over there...
um... maybe I should have said MAJOR sites
but uh... obviously you haven't browsed myspace recently have you?
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Re: hell of a blocking technology over there...
smell their own.
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No Subject Given
Soo what.
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so what
Who gives a damn, its his company his site. He should and can do whatever he so pleases. And myspace is frickin stupid anyway, dont children have hobbies these days..
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Re: hell of a blocking technology over there...
amen to that. all their filtering code is really dumb. and their forums are the most poorly-coded forums i have ever seen! i like the threads that say they have negative 35 messages in them...
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Re: hell of a blocking technology over there...
Ya the forums are pretty much useless. There's no search so once topics get a few pages down they're pretty much lost forever. It's a waste because it just means that the same topics get repeated over and over again.
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MyTrendSpot offers no censorship
In preparation of any negative implications that may result with the buyout of myspace... I have founded a site at www.mytrendspot.com that is and will remain completely free of censorship - period. That means... users can go ahead and link up to Revver and YouTube... it doesn't matter to me... they can link up to their myspace URL or whatsover.. and it's still cool...please go check us out as we definitely have more features lined up.. maybe not the broadcast- and flashy- style that Murdoch has planned.. but should nonetheless... still be exciting.
Again, the site is MyTrendSpot aka MTS (visit us at www.mytrendspot.com and be part of your own trend)
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Re: hell of a blocking technology over there...
You can unblock that blocking technology reddington. use a software called anonymoussurf proxy online executor it is in a1creations site.
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Re: Sheer Effrontery
3.
Fox News Corp Censors Myspace.com
Nico and The Velvet Underground were kicked off Myspace.com on February 13, 2006. This is the 8th time the band has been censored by Rupert Murdoch’s popular yet controversial site. Even as the shadow of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer looms over Myspace, and U2 and Madonna build a web presence, Nico and The Velvet Underground enter 2006 as the most censored band on the internet.
According to the Associated Press, “Complaints also have been directed at News Corp.’s purchase, including accusations of censorship as MySpace occasionally blocked video stored elsewhere and embedded in profiles, just as MySpace was readying its own video-sharing service. ” (Social Networking Site MySpace Is Latest Online Darling Monday, February 13, 2006: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184607,00.html).
With Myspace.com as an attractive buy, News Corp. earned $1.08 billion up to December, a significant jump from last year’s $386 million gain. Media giant Rupert Murdoch, who is the majority shareholder of News Corporation, recently bought out Intermix Media, owner of Myspace.com for 580 Million.
With legal problems mounting against News Corp and Rupert Murdoch, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has accused Myspace.com of false advertising and deceptive business practices. Within the last year, Myspace was fingered for spyware attacks to redirect members to its search engine.
Intermix Media agreed to settle for 7.9M, having admitted no wrongdoing.
While Nico and The Velvet Underground arent ruling out a record deal with Viacom, Paramount, and MTV, it is concerned about this shocking news. Nico’s press conference is set to air on several media outlets including WBBM AM/FM Chicago and Spike TV. In related news, Paramount bought out rival Dreamworks for $1.5 Billion, wrangling entertainment giants Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Viacom, which owns Paramount, reportedly negotiated a purchase of Myspace.com before the shocking buy out from Fox News on July 19, 2005. Spokeswoman Anna Astley is concerned about these recent developments and commented on the censorship fiasco. “Myspace.com and Fox News made no warning that the band’s account was being cancelled. Cancelling Nico and The Velvet Undergrounds’ Myspace.com account is tantamount to censorship and a violation of their First Amendment rights.”
Anna Astley refused to comment regarding any future legal action against News Corporation, Fox News, and/or Myspace.com regarding Nico and The Velvet Underground’s First Amendment rights. “We cannot make a statement at this time,” stated Astley. The investigation will result in an announcement in early summertime.
No word if the band intends on releasing the album just yet. Stay tuned for breaking details.
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wtf
YOU SUCK
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helpp
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NEW WAY TO ACCESS
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myspace
this is messed up that we cant get on to myspace on the internet at the school u need to let us beable to get on PLZ u should if not the scew u
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Re: myspace
Go checkout my profile on myspace
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use
I get pissed when people block myspace so i use proxies,
i have found http://www.proxieslist.net has quite a few proxies that arnt blocked but its better if you check it before school as my school blocks it half the time and somes not.
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I get pissed when people block myspace so i use proxies, i have foundhttp://www.proxieslist.net
has quite a few proxies that arnt blocked but its better if you check it before school as my school blocks it half the time and somes not.
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youtube
youtube rulzzzzzz
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unlock myspace
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Re: MyTrendSpot offers no censorship
totaly off topic and sorry for intruding in ya'lls conversation .... D whats going on with MTS> its been down for three days and people are filipin out cause they dont know whats what?
again sorry for posting off topic
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Re: unblock plz
i would love if u unblocked myspace
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un block
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GIVE YOUTUBE BACK!!!
Something has gone very wrong, one day I find the best site ever and because of some stupid video we are all being punished?!? What the h****!
Encouraging violence? I don't think so. Just ban the few bad videos! And what's with "all your videos are belong to us"
AAAHHAAGGHRAH!
No Right to take others videos!
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YOUTUBE & MYSPACE
GIVE ME MY FAVORITE 2 SITES BACK!
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Re: YOUTUBE & MYSPACE
HERE HERE
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Re:
THIS IS GAY
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whyy.??
Ok, why do they block myspace at school. Can someone tell me how to get on it. My school has blocked almost evey good website. and i am bored out of my mine. So please someone comment me back.. thanks.
-- shayy
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fuck all u fags
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help
i need to get in to fucking myspace now help me
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here is a good website to get onto myspace at school
https://box94.bluehost.com/~radioact/cgi-bin/nph-radioactivefate-proxy.cgi/000100A/http/lo gin.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=login&nextPage=fuseaction%3duser&MyToken=3bc8bf70-39a5- 4eb8-8332-cae9be12672d
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Great myspace proxy
Check out www.proxydom.com to unblock myspace
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Re: so what
For your Information Myspace is not just 4 Kids! If you ever been on there you'll see many people are way over the age of 18. Including many celebrities!
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MySpace, a place 4 ppl whodont hav hobbies or foll
Thats serious. I hope Myspace itself just dies.
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Myspace is just a fad
Myspace is just a fad that people will get sick of in short time. User pages take forever to download. And people only get 1 page? Like that isn't going to take long to get old! They paid way too much for Myspace when they bought it.
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Re: so what
"He should and can do whatever he so pleases"
The concern here, in my humblest of opinions, is that Rupert Murdoch, who also does whatever he pleases with the other facets of his empire (20th Century Fox,
20th Century Fox Espanol,20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,20th Century Fox International,20th Century Fox Television,Blue Sky Studios,Fox Searchlight Pictures,Fox Studios Australia,Fox Studios Baja, Fox Studios LA,Fox Television Studios,Fox Broadcasting Company,Fox Sports Australia,Fox Television Stations,FOXTEL STAR,Fox Movie Channel,Fox News Channel,Fox College Sports,Fox Sports Enterprises,
Fox Sports en Espanol,Fox Sports Net,Fox Soccer Channel,FUEL TV,FX,National Geographic Channel (US/Worldwide)SPEED Channel,Stats, Inc.,BSkyB,DIRECT TV,FOXTEL,SKY Italia),
Has a bit of a monopoly on media, whomever controls the media controls the thoughts and opinions of the masses. most people take whatever is spoon-fed them, and one person with so much control has potential to be very very dangerous. He has used his control to sway the will of the people by manipulating news stories and events to sway a certain political party's way.
If everyone watches non-murdoch controlled media, he loses his control over the minds of the masses. its pretty simple, even though it sounds a bit crazy.
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Re: Re: so what
Yeah, but to coordinate a mass boycott of Murdoch media we would need the public to turn against his ideology.
Not likely when he controls all media.
Also, even if the public would be willing to go along with such a thing, we would have no media outlets to inform them of the boycott (the only people we would reach aren't watching his crap anyway) and any intenet initaitive that seemed to be picking up steam would either get shut down by viruses or by the FBI after Murdoch had it branded as terrorist.
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Try BypassPoint.com -- free anonymous proxy to unblock MySpace and other filtered sites.
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Yeah....Sounds like they don't want other websites taking up their promotional room!
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Re: GIVE YOUTUBE BACK!!!
if you mean youtube on myspace, then you should know that they actually can take other peoples videos, because the site belongs to them, and if you read the terms and conditions etc, you will see. so basically, they can do what they want.
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why is everyone so obsessed with myspace?!? its just some gay site!
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OMFG
yeah...so I cant do anything from this comp my school blocked all anonymizers and yeah it sucks REALLY bad any ideas?
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ur gay
i think u r all gay for fuck sake get a life u gay gaay fuckers. i wear short shorts and dunlop volleys and 2cm thck glasses my name is dake tht is a common name in dakeland all 445 of us are named dake suck my dake cunt
ps. your all gay luv dake
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for your information dake we are not all nerds we are normal people like u and your friends im sick of being judged by the so called cool people just because i play world of warcraft dosent mean i dont have feelings and just because i dotn go out eve dosent mean im not a nice person i may not b able o get girls but im still cool my mum says im rad.
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hey im dakes cousin rake from rakeland if u say shit about dake agin ill kill u with my bare hands cunt lik my scrotum ill rape your mumma
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hivehimen
machiven himen the continuem transfunction needs to be allocated more prosthesis machiven. so if we mutulate the cordinum the changooven my space should be swell again
capeash!!!
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sttuper stella jump thutes
once again if the cardinal vasimulan is broken populace spirit so therefor jism cannot be dungudaced by the punjaby
capaesh!!
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College Filter
Colleges are cracking down on MySpace. I found a good work around. If you go to
http://www.ProxyMy.com
It will let you go to Myspace or any other site because it can bypass firewalls and filters
Have fun =)
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get on myspace
you can get on by going to killerproxy.com and then typing in myspace.com and then you sign in, it works like nothing. infact im in school right now. =]
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i need to get on myspace
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Re:
go for it
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try this
try some proxy like kickadmin.com
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try this one
I use http://www.browseatcollege.com to view blocked webpages from school. Its really cool. Can somehow bypass any websites that are blocked by the admin. Hope it helps!
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Re: Sheer Effrontery
ghi
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Re: whyy.??
I know this school is F****** gay i wish a group of kids would get together and protest to the board of education to get those rights back.
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Re: MyTrendSpot offers no censorship
eh? that site even work! xD
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i need to get on my space
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Proxies
I put together a list of threads where people are posting new proxies.
http://www.kbcafe.com/myspace/?guid=20061010153048
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adgasdgasdg
www.peenjuice.com
works so good.
so does www.89.com
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i need to get on myspace!
can someone help me get on myspace! i really need to get on!!!!!! i will help you get on anything that you need to get on only if you help me!!!
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Re: Re: unblock plz
plz help me
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i got some new ways to get to myspace from school
I hate how they block myspace so here are some places i go to get onto myspace at school
* www.nightproxy.com
* www.myspaceproxy1.com
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Re: so what
hey this comment yousent was totally correct we finally have somwhere to go on the net where we dont have to worry about pervs so why would you complain about this site?
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Blocked Proxies
Hey Guys....
The Usual,
Myspace blocked at school and i have tried so many proxies its not funny....they are all blocked as well...
Does anyone know of any proxies not blocked by schools....
and has anyone tried firefox, does it work???
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They can get around this by accessing it with a proxy, the best one that I have found is http://www.proxycastle.com
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:(
i neeed somewhere where i can get on myspace?!?!?!
:(:(
tiz gay.
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Re: Re: hell of a blocking technology over there..
u no wat u need 2 oput myspace back becuz i need to be check mi dam profile u motha fucka i hate these fuckin rules in dis damm ditrict. SO PUT MYSPACE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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WOW FOUND A WAYTO ACCESSS
http://www.myschoolproxy.com
Anonymously browse the web from school or work through this free proxy.
Bypass firewalls and access blocked websites.
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myspace
i need ittt!
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Re: i got some new ways to get to myspace from sch
I CAN'T STAAAAAAAAANDDDDD HOW THEY BLOCK MYSPACE...WHY THA HELLLLL THEY BLOCK IT FOR? IT AINT THAT BAD =| I BUGZ ME....CUZ I TYPED A FEW CUSS WORDZ ON MY PICTUREZ N THEY BLOCK IT >=|DUMB ASS CHRISTIAN SKOOL....UGHHHHHHHH I WANNA DELETE THE CAPTIONS AND PICTURES BUH I UNO HOW =( CUZ IT WONT LET ME IN HOWWW DOO IIIIIIIIIIII SUMWUN TELL ME PLZ =] KAY...THNX ADIOSNESS ^_^
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access banned websites, network security
You can access myspace from school via online web proxy server, hide your IP address and bypass firewall restrictions:
http://www.hidemyway.com (you can LOGIN to MySpace and access your profile easy from school, working on 13.11.2006!!!!!)
http://www.msproxy.net and http://www.surfinter.net
If this is not working please contact webmaster and we will setup other proxies before school ban it.
ENJOY
Don't forget to user proxifier: http://www.hidemyway.com/prox.php if you want to access and LOGIN Myspace.com !
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wow good news
new way to access www.myschoolproxy.com
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bitch
you are a bitch
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i need a new one
new proxy.
all of them are DONE FOR!!! ahhhhhhh
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Re: Re: so what
You also forgot to mention his Global Publishing Empire of Books, Magazines and Newspapers!
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this is retarded
my myspace deleted my videos all by itself!! i mean tell me i am not aloud to have sure i would delete it..... but just TAKE IT AWAY??!?!?! what the hell is wrong with these people :[[ i hate myspace now but i still have to go on to see my boyfriend (lives two houses down from me, not cross country)
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Re: wow good news
it would let me go to no site my school blocked it when i typed in myspace or anything
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Getting Around Myspace Blocks
The following are the best to use Myspace or any other website from school or work, they are all cgi based so that means that you can sign into myspace or any other place that needs you to login:
http://www.schoolnetproxy.com x
http://www.proxyfromschool.com x
http://www.facebooksproxy.com x
http://www.proxyfacebooks.com x
http://www.myschoolsproxy.com x
http://www.websproxy.com x
http://www.proxyfacebook.com x
http://www.thenetproxy.com x
http://www.aschoolproxy.com x
http://www.theschoolproxy.com x
http://www.win dowproxy.com
http://www.toonproxy.com
http://www.bebosproxy.com
http://www.schoolsproxy.com
http://www.netsproxy.com
http://www.dvdproxy.com
http://www.proxymyspaces.com
http://www.bebosproxy.com
http://www.uncoverfacebook.com
http://www.windowproxy.com
http://www.toonproxy.com
http://www.bondproxy.com
http://www.myspacefromwork.com
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Getting Around Myspace Blocks
The following are the best to use Myspace or any other website from school or work, they are all cgi based so that means that you can sign into myspace or any other place that needs you to login:
http://www.schoolsproxy.com
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annoyed by blockers
please help me my dad got this bsafe online crap and it wamt lat me go to my space urrgggg can u please tell me another website to try
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unblock myspace
it would let me go to no site my school blocked it when i typed in myspace or anything
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how....???
how do you gey on myspace at skool....and no proxy sites cuz like i tried all of them and well it won't work....
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myspace unblocker
we really need to find a way to get on myspace with out proxy bc the sckools blocked that too . skoolz are gay as hell not letting us on some of us nolonger have internet at home it blows but ya we do need a way so how do we do it.
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heyy
heyy gurli whts up?? n2mh just chilln at home and yea... neways give me a call lata... ight ttyl lylas♥
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comments
how do you unblock websites?
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Re:
fu
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It is easy to unblock banned websites ! (myspace.c
Updated 01.05.2006: Free Web Proxy to unblock myspace.com or other banned sites, easy and anonymous:
http://www.surfinter.net
http://www.hidemyway.com (secure connection, myspace.com ready)
http://www.msproxy.net
Enjoy
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o que é isso aki?
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myspace shouldn't be blocked...
...but murdoch has a point that student shouldn't use the school computers for that kind of stuff
the persinal computer use should be done at home or a friends house
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Re: Blocked Proxies
this shit is fire
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this is gay
i freaken hate this myspace is always blocked somewhere and its getting on my nerves and your stupid web site didnt work so any ways get some help so peace!!!
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A few sites to unblock myspace
hey guys,
here are a few sites to unblock myspace.
www.myspacebypass.com
www.myspaceproxy1.org
cheers
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Proxy sites to unblock myspace at school.
I found some awesome sites to unblock myspace at school or work without any problems!
www.myspacebypass.com
www.myspaceproxy1.org
www.myspaceproxysite.net
www.myspa ceproxy1.info
www.myspacebypass.net
www.bypassmyspace.net
www.unlockmyspace.info
try these sites since they are all working for me.
thanks everyone.
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I
I hate when the schools block bebo cause I can't get on it I hate That!!!!!!!!!
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Umm.they didnt work
MM..
Yeah..
All those sites didnt work.
I tried all of them,
But this year we got a gay ass new principsl and she dont know how to mind her owns fucknig business.
So..
Like..
EVERYTHING that has anythign to do with proxy is no t blocked.
So please create anothwer.
I am begging.
IYLIYLY!!!
=]
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that's fucked up
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thats fucked up
why in the fuck they do some shit like this man being in this broing as class and school not geting on Myspace a place for us real people I hate this boring ass school I out fuck my space and West Jeff
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Re: hell of a blocking technology over there...
screw u! mr. thinks u know it all!!!
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WHY IS EVERYTHING FUCKING BLOCKED?!?!?!
GRRRR....
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Re:
bc of the ads on myspace if there were no ads it wouldnt be blocked and if u make a site it cant have no proxy in it if it does its gonna be blocked instantly
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myspace at school
Hey people, you can use one of these sites: Michaelrox.com, Peepsproxy.com or this new one Psdproxy.com. Have a good day!
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BLOCKED MYSPACE PROXYS
A THEY BLOCKED ALL THE PROXY WEBSITES DUDE IF ANY BODY KNOW SOME NEW WAYS E-MAIL ME AND PLEASE TELL ME I CANT LIVE WITHOUT MYSPACE AT SCHOOL
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bloody school blocked all proxies!
This really does blow! Why do they block a communicative website. We cant even chill.
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Re: myspace at school
homes, its all gone they blocked all of it and its not cool!
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