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Finnish ISP Forced To Block the Pirate Bay

Posted by Unknown on from the if-you-can't-beat-them-ban-them dept.

Apotekaren writes "The Finnish ISP Elisa has been forced to block several domains leading to the infamous torrent-tracker site The Pirate Bay following a court case initiated by IFPI Finland... The Helsinki District Court ruled in favor of IFPI Finland in October, but the ISP resisted implementing the block until today because of the terms of the block not being specific enough. 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.

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  1. I certainly hope they don't think.. by DC2088 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... that the matter is Finnished...

    1. Re:I certainly hope they don't think.. by DC2088 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Cripes, I can't think of any puns. That's what I get for Russian myself.

    2. Re:I certainly hope they don't think.. by Smallpond · · Score: 4, Funny

      We should offer a bounty to Sweden the pot. Iraq my brains to think of puns, but Israel hard.

  2. Re:And so it begins... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I fully expect the "Internet" to be a footnote in history...

    Dude, I've been saying for 20 years that the Internet is a fad that will be over in a week.

  3. Re:And so it begins... by Smallpond · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm frankly surprised that you can still type in thepiratebay.org in the U.S. and still get anything other than "Sorry, this site has been blocked by your ISP due to legal requirements."

    This is absurd. There's no way that they are going to say they are sorry.

  4. Slightly OT but... by ArhcAngel · · Score: 1, Funny

    Analysis from Torrent Freak shows

    I more than LOL'ed but not quite ROFPIMP.

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