Dutch ISP wins case to prevent blocking The Pirate Bay

Today the court ruled in favor of a Dutch ISP to preventing blocking The Pirate Bay from its users, after anti-piracy group BREIN attempted to get ISPs in the Netherlands to block the website.

BREIN attempted to block access for all Dutch citizens from The Pirate Bay, claiming the website infringes on copyright laws. However, because The Pirate Bay isn't located on a Ziggo server, Ziggo can't be held responsible for restricting access to the website, the ISP explained.

XS4ALL (Translated) noticed that this is a big victory for the small guy, fighting against an anti-piracy group that is attempting to block access to a website in order to combat piracy.

Although many groups, including the MPAA and RIAA in America, claim that The Pirate Bay does in fact infringe on copyright laws, others believe that because they don't actually host any illegal content, the courts are going after the wrong people, they should be going after the file sharers directly.

The Pirate Bay is the largest torrent tracker in existence, after facing many raids, shut downs and court rulings, the website still remains online and fully operational. Last year in April, The Pirate Bay Four were fined $3.6 million and one year in prison, none of which they have paid.

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