Germany's Supreme Court rules that ISPs can be ordered to block piracy websites
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/germanys-supreme-court-rules-that-isps-can-be-ordered-to-block-piracy-websites/ But it is easy for the operators of these sites to circumvent such injunctions, as the British experience of Web blocks, brought in four years ago, confirms. In March this year, the six main UK ISPs were blocking over 100 websites because of alleged infringing material they held, with the number constantly growing as new sites replace those that are blocked. There's also no sign that the use of Web blocks is leading to a substantial reduction in the number of people accessing unauthorised copies of music and videos. That's in contrast to mounting evidence that providing good-quality legal services at fair prices does reduce online piracy. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so. My opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad
