Imagine that you found this great new band sharing their music on BitTorrent for free.
You’re actually so excited about this find you want to share the experience with friends, so you paste them a link to the official torrent file via Windows Live Messenger.
Although this might sound like a good idea to some, Microsoft appears to disagree. Those who try to paste a Pirate Bay link to their friends through Windows Live Messenger will notice that it never reaches its destination.
Instead, Microsoft alerts the sender that The Pirate Bay is unsafe. Apparently, the company is actively monitoring people’s communications to prevent them from linking to sites they deem to be a threat.
Microsoft censors Pirate Bay links in Windows Live Messenger
Posted on Tuesday, March 27 2012 @ 0:25 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck