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The Pirate Bay Ordered To Block Dutch Users

Posted by Soulskill on from the can't-catch-a-break dept.

secmartin writes "In a totally unexpected ruling, a Dutch court has decided that The Pirate Bay should block visitors from the Netherlands within 10 days or face a fine of €30,000 per defendant per day. Peter Sunde has already announced that he will appeal the ruling. Even though the defendants sent a letter explaining that they were unable to come to the hearing and provided arguments in their favor, these were ignored by the judge because they failed to appear in his court. The full text of the ruling was just published (in Dutch, PDF) by Peter Sunde, and further coverage is available at Forbes."

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  1. What we need to do ... by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What we need to do, is get a US judge to order the Dutch Judge to over turn the ruling or face a fine of $100,000(US) for every Dutch user that is prevented from accessing the Pirate Bay. ...

    On a side note, does the Judge realize that a simple proxy server can bypass his ruling? There is NO WAY to enforce such a stupid ruling. The Technically Illiterate should not be making what amounts to a new law regarding Technological issues.

    This whole thing would be silly if the pointy headed elites weren't involved. Is it me, or are they (pointy headed elites) some of the stupidest people on the planet or what?

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  2. Isn't there an easy solution to this? by Hojima · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Put up a page for all Dutch users saying that they have been banned, then provide links on how to circumvent the ban. Any lawyer here know if they can get away with that?

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    1. Re:Isn't there an easy solution to this? by Jurily · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Could someone please explain to me what authority a Dutch court has on a Swedish site?

  3. Re:Proxies, anyone? by Artraze · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well, the obvious solution is to put a "What country do you live in?" dropdown on the front page. Thus you no longer have to worry about IP addresses and all that. Sure the users may lie, but that's their problem...

  4. Re:Failure to appear in court... by Lumpy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    BUT, most courts require proof you were served with papers to appear at court.

    Honestly the Judge is the jackass here. If they were properly served and responded with "we cant make the court date" the judge cant do this.

    Otherwise, I could sue every one of you in court, and if you did not know of the court case, would not show up, and I would automatically win.

    The whole story is not there.

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