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[HEXUS]

Microsoft confirms that Pirate Bay links are being blocked within Windows Live Messenger.

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[Roobubba]

Just had a bit of a read through their legal section. Gave me a bit of a lunchtime chuckle at least.

[watercooled]

I've noticed quite a lot of links (all innocent) being blocked between me and friends, but I'm using Pidgin. Maybe this has something to do with it? Last one I remember is BF battlelog, I had to replace a dot with a space so it wasn't auto-linked but that also goes to show how stupid this is; it just causes problems (bad heuristics?) and is laughably easy to circumvent.

[OilSheikh]

MSN messenger is already dead. Just one more nail to the coffin

[watercooled]

I still prefer plain+simple IM over 'social networking' stuff. Not necessarily MSNM, but it is what most people I know use.

[Brewster0101]

MSN messenger is already dead. Just one more nail to the coffin

Didn't think anyone used it any more.

[watercooled]

IM makes for a nice alternative to having to pay for, or having a limited amount of messages (SMS) or having your private message history stored and potentially released for the world to see (Failbook). Outside of game chat it's the form of messaging I use most often.

[aidanjt]

XMPP ftw...

[watercooled]

Agreed, but not as many people use it ATM.

[aidanjt]

Agreed, but not as many people use it ATM.

One of life's many great unfortunates.

[OilSheikh]

Didn't think anyone used it any more.

I still use the 2009 version of WLM. The latest version had Facebook chat built-in and you couldn't do simple things like Set your Nick / MSN status.

True, no one uses it. I get automatically signed in and it stays at the corner of my screen. A friend or two come online once a year.

The things I like about WLM is Group chat , Handwriting > why type when you can draw what you mean, group games like UNO. Good times, good times....

[shaithis]

I'm sure TPB are quaking in their boots over this news....