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Italian Court Rules ISPs Must Block Access To Pirate Bay

Posted by timothy on from the triremes-on-patrol dept.

introt writes "After first being blocked in 2008, an Italian court has once again ruled that ISPs in the nation must block access to the infamous torrent tracker The Pirate Bay, leaving millions of users without access to one of the most popular sites on the planet. In the original case, after an appeal by the Pirate Bay, the Court of Bergamo ruled that foreign websites cannot be blocked over alleged copyright infringement. Fast forward until today and the Supreme Court has ruled that ISPs can indeed be forced to block torrent sites, even if they are foreign-based."

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  1. Meanwhile... by JackSpratts · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...Norway says s'ok! http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jLc2Sd0IGZ0-56w-d7FAPNImTzZw

  2. Blocking the Tracker or the Website? by The+Yuckinator · · Score: 4, Interesting

    TFA and TFS both say that ISP's are required to block access to TPB's "Tracker". TFA goes on to mention "sites offering torrent links" but doesn't seem to make a distinction between .torrent files and the notorious "tracker".

    Which is it? Because TPB shut down their tracker a couple of months ago