A High Court judge has ruled that BT must block access to a website which provides links to pirated movies.
Newzbin 2 is a members-only site which aggregates a large amount of the illegally copied material found on Usenet discussion forums.
The landmark case is the first time that an ISP has been ordered to block access to such a site.
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High court forces BT to block file-sharing website Hollywood film studios won a landmark UK high court ruling on Thursday forcing BT to block access to an illegal file-sharing website accused of operating “on a grand scale”.
The Motion Picture Association, the trade body whose members include Warner Bros, Fox, Disney and Paramount Pictures, has been granted an order requiring BT — the UK’s biggest internet service provider — to block its customers’ access to the website Newzbin2. www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jul/28/high-court-bt-filesharing-website-newzbin2
High Court forces BT to block links to pirate site BT must prevent its customers from accessing a website which provides links to pirated films, a High Court judge has said.
The UK’s largest internet service provider (ISP) will use technology it developed to block access to websites featuring images of child abuse to stop users visiting Newzbin 2. out-law.com/page-12117
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