Following a UK court's order
for ISP BT to shut off access to Newzbin2 for its subscribers,
Britain's music industry wasted no time to take advantage of this
precedent by calling for the blocking of The Pirate Bay.
By allowing the blocking of Newzbin2, a website that calls itself the
Google of usenet, and a website that merely linked to potentially
infringing content, the court's ruling now opens the way for the
blocking of other websites deemed unacceptable by the music and movie
industries in the UK.
The BPI, the body representing music industry interests in the UK, has
urged BT to block The Pirate Bay which the music industry lobby group
calls "a huge scam".
"It defrauds musicians and other creators of their wages, and it
destroys UK jobs," BPI's Chief Executive Geoff Taylor added, despite the industry's own report detailing revenue growth and salaries that are higher than many other industries.
Taylor continued his impassioned plea, or what the copyright lobby's
critics may call "fear-mongering", by linking The Pirate Bay to the
spread of malware and even hinted at some kind of link between the
Torrent search website and child pornography. "(The Pirate Bay) exposes
consumers to the risk of viruses, theft of personal information and
inappropriate content," explained Taylor.
BT has yet to respond to the BPI's requests.
Source is
http://forum.digital-digest.com/f145/britains-music-industry-isp-should-block-pirate-bay-95338.html
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