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After BT, now Sky blocks Newzbin2

19 December 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Following its recent success in obtaining a court order for BT to block access to its users to Newzbin2, the file-sharing website,, the file-sharing website, the Motion Picture Association has asked further...

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European Court says Belgian Internet service provider does not have to block content that may infringe copyright – Scarlet v SABAM, European Court of Justice

13 December 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Scarlet, a Belgian Internet service provider, should not be required to block the content of its website users as a measure to prevent them from infringing copyright in music belonging to Sabam’s music...

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Music body wants green light to clear online legitimacy traffic signals

26 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The Performing Rights Society for Music has called on search engines to offer a traffic light service under which Internet users could see whether a music site they were going to was supporting legitimately...

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Court orders BT to impose filter to stop its users having access to unauthorised film-sharing site – Twentieth Century Fox v BT, High Court

22 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The High Court has for the first time ordered an Internet service provider to block its users from accessing a website that contained copyright-infringing material. In a previous legal action, several...

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Digital Economy Act judicial review challenge fails – R (on the application of BT) v BIS, High Court

28 April 2011 | Paul Gershlick

BT and TalkTalk have failed in their bid to get the Digital Economy Act judicially reviewed. The Act was rushed through just before the last Parliament broke up prior to last year’s General Election...

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European Court adviser says Belgian Internet service provider does not have to block content that may infringe copyright

15 April 2011 | Paul Gershlick

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Piracy in these shores on the up

14 December 2010 | Mark Weston

An estimated 8 million people in the UK continue to download music illegally. That’s the finding of a survey by BPI, the trade organisation for the UK record music industry. The survey also estimated...

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US takes action against file-sharing and counterfeit product sites

6 December 2010 | Mark Weston

The United States government, through the Customs Enforcement Agency branch of the Department for Homeland Security, has shut down more than 70 websites that are alleged to have been offering pirate content...

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New powers suggested to close down UK domain names

5 December 2010 | Mark Weston

The Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has proposed that Nominet (the UK domain name registry) should have the power to close down domain names if they are involved in criminal activity, such as...

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Founders of Pirate Bay lose appeal

28 November 2010 | Mark Weston

The founders of the notorious Internet peer-to-peer file-sharing site The Pirate Bay have lost their appeal over their conviction for the illegal sharing of copyrighted content. They were convicted by...

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Latest news and views tagged peer-to-peer

After BT, now Sky blocks Newzbin2

European Court says Belgian Internet service provider does not have to block content that may infringe copyright – Scarlet v SABAM, European Court of Justice

Music body wants green light to clear online legitimacy traffic signals

Court orders BT to impose filter to stop its users having access to unauthorised film-sharing site – Twentieth Century Fox v BT, High Court

Digital Economy Act judicial review challenge fails – R (on the application of BT) v BIS, High Court

European Court adviser says Belgian Internet service provider does not have to block content that may infringe copyright

Piracy in these shores on the up

US takes action against file-sharing and counterfeit product sites

New powers suggested to close down UK domain names

Founders of Pirate Bay lose appeal

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