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Italy May Censor Torrent Sites

Posted by Soulskill on from the giving-them-the-boot dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Following a Pirate Bay block more than a year ago, Italy continues its attempts to censor torrent sites. The Italian Supreme Court has ruled that copyright holders can now force ISPs to block BitTorrent sites, even if they are hosted outside Italy. The torrent sites which 'hold' copyrighted materials are accused of taking part in criminal activity. It seems someone should enlighten Italian jurists about technology."

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  1. You obviously don't know how the law works by MikeRT · · Score: 1, Troll

    So let me explain it to you. A company that sells to the general market products that can be used for crimes is not liable for their use. A company that happens to unknowingly sell to a lot of criminals is not liable for their use of the goods it sells. A company that knowingly sells goods to criminals is fully liable for their use insofar as it has knowingly facilitated a crime.

    From that description, you should be able to grasp why The Pirate Bay and search engines are treated quite differently.