After Virgin Media’s website has been taken offline as a result of a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack, representatives of The Pirate Bay came forward with a statement to reveal their disapproval towards these types of actions.

“We do NOT encourage these actions. We believe in the open and free internets, where anyone can express their views. Even if we strongly disagree with them and even if they hate us. So don't fight them using their ugly methods. DDOS and blocks are both forms of censorship,” they wrote on Facebook.

They also propose alternative, more legitimate, forms of protests against the measures they consider to represent a form of censorship.

“If you want to help; start a tracker, arrange a manifestation, join or start a pirate party, teach your friends the art of bittorrent, set up a proxy, write your political representatives, develop a new p2p protocol, print some pro piracy posters and decorate your town with, support our promo bay artists or just be a nice person and give your mom a call to tell her you love her,” they explain.

In the comment section of the post a lot of users agree with the views of The Pirate Bay. Many believe that the internet service provider (ISP) shouldn’t be blamed for the blockade that has been instated on the torrent site. They argue that the government should be held responsible, along with organizations such as MPAA, RIAA, and other anti-piracy outfits.

However, some say that Anonymous' methods may be effective, especially since the ISPs have rushed to support these ways of combating piracy.

As we have reported earlier, the official website of Virgin Media (virginmedia.com) was taken offline by the company after Anonymous hacktivists “charged their lazors” and pointed them towards the ISP’s servers.

The site is still down, but the firm’s representatives tell customers on Twitter that it will probably be restored sometime today.