Following iiNet’s huge win over anti-piracy group AFACT, Aussie ISP Exetel has taken steps to soften its copyright infringement notice procedures and will no longer suspend accounts on mere accusations.
Customers of Ireland’s biggest ISP can no longer access The Pirate Bay. Eircom settled with Ireland’s music industry and agreed to block the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker.
Following pressure from the music industry, Ireland’s largest Internet provider Eircom announced that it would start blocking customers access to The Pirate Bay in September. Censorship or a good way to prevent copyright infringement?
UPC Ireland, the ISP that operates under the brand name Chorus NTL, announced today that it will not cave in to pressure from the music industry. The company refuses to block users access to The Pirate Bay. Instead, UPC said that it would rather go to court. “UPC has informed the rights holders that there [...]
In Norway, a coalition of 21 movie and music industry companies started a lawsuit against Telenor, the country’s largest Internet provider. Today the Court announced that it will hear the case on October 12. If the copyright holders win, the Pirate Bay has to be blocked within several days.
Following up on a complaint from a local anti-piracy outfit, the Portuguese Ministry of Culture decided to order a shutdown and blockade of 28 sites that supposedly link to copyright infringing material.
