[x-pubpol] Finnish ISP Forced To Block the Pirate Bay

[Tommi Karttaavi]

Hi,

This is unfortunately true. The operator declined to comply with the 
court order from the district court for a long time, but has now given 
in, anticipating that its appeal to a higher court (court of appeal) 
will be rejected.

There is a decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union that 
is contradicting the position of the Helsinki district court:
http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2011-11/cp110126en.pdf

Tommi

On 11.1.2012 14:10, Joly MacFie wrote:
> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1436203/finnish-isp-forced-to-block-the-pirate-bay
>
>
> Apotekaren writes/"The Finnish ISP Elisa has been forced to block
> several domains
> <http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2012/01/pirate_bay_block_comes_into_force_in_finland_3160454.html> leading
> to the infamous torrent-tracker site The Pirate Bay following a court
> case initiated by IFPI Finland
> <http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/26/1719226/finnish-record-labels-want-to-block-pirate-bay>...
> The Helsinki District Court ruled in favor of IFPI Finland in October,
> but the ISP resisted
> <http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/1216205/isp-refuses-to-block-the-pirate-bay>implementing
> the block until today because of the terms of the block not being
> specific enough
> <http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2012/01/09/finnish_isp_forced_to_block_the_pirate_bay>.
> The ISP is calling the block 'temporary' and is appealing the court
> decision."/Analysis from Torrent Freak shows that the block is probably
> easily circumvented
> <http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-shows-futility-of-domain-and-dns-blocks-120109/>.
>
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