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Saturday, April 9, 2011
UK Government discusses blocking copyright infringing websites
Communications Minister Ed Vaizey has held talks behind closed doors with rights holders and ISPs about introducing web blocking for sites that breach copyright
DHS in the US has already seized thousands of domains
"suspected" of violating Copyright laws
.
Dinah Greek
Computer Active
The Government is considering forcing internet service providers (ISPs) to block websites that make it possible for people to illegally share copyrighted material.
Communications Minister Ed Vaizey confirmed on the Open Rights Group blog that he has been involved in behind-closed-doors discussions with copyright holders and ISPs about introducing these measures after a legal challenge from BT and Talktalk to the Digital Economy Act (DEA).
The entertainment industry wanted the law to force ISPs to write warning letters to alleged file sharers but ISPs say they fear this would breach data protection laws.
This issue is now subject to a judicial review in the High Court and the Government has put on hold the requirement for ISPs to write warning letters.
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