U.K. Filesharing Block Ruling to Be Far-reaching
 

British Telecommunications, the U.K.'s largest ISP with 6 million customers, must block access to filesharing site Newsbin.com within two weeks, according to a high court ruling.

The site, now known as Newzbin2, has been promoting illegal filesharing "on a grand scale," a coalition of Hollywood studios said in their suit, which was ruled on today. Those studios include Warner Bros., Paramount, Disney, Universal, Fox and Columbia Pictures.

The decision is far-reaching because High Court Justice Richard Arnold said that "the studios have made it clear that this is a test case: If they are successful in obtaining an order against BT, then they intend to seek similar orders against all the other significant ISPs in the U.K."

Arnold said that the mainstream studios contend that the only way in which they can obtain effective relief to prevent, or at least reduce the scale of, infringements of their copyrights is by means of an order against BT ? and thereafter the other ISPs.

The adult industry, like the mainstream biz, has lost large revenue streams in the past few years due to Internet piracy, typically facilitated through illegal distribution via BitTorrent networks and other means.

Wednesday's order by Arnold also allows for the blocking of any other IP address the operators of the Newzbin2 site might look to use to continue to offer copyrighted content to users.

The court said BT must foot the bill for the cost of implementing the block on Newzbin2.

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"The adult industry, like the mainstream biz, has lost large revenue streams in the past few years due to.........."

People who pretend that they are a photographer, webmaster, adult producer but yet turnover Jack Shit. They probably have a day job that subsidises their so called hobby, even worse in the UK you might be a real Divvy and be subsidising your carnal urges on benefits.

If I had a sig it would be this.........

http://www.rabbitsreviews.com/s5219/Rose-Cabs.html

"It seems like nothing new has been added to the site in over a year"

http://www.rabbitsreviews.com/s5222/Cricket-Babes.html

"I guess if the site appeared to be growing steadily things might be different. However, there have been no updates in more than a year. That's especially frustrating considering that there are no videos whatsoever, so the site is entirely dependent on the photos it possesses."

things must be booming at the dvtimes network http://clownx.com

If you wish to fund a benefit scrounging retard then promote the Mr Ban network of websites that have ZERO videos and ZERO updates. Natalie can have every STD under the sun, I don't give a shit so long as I'm not funding her. All I know is I'm funding a benefit scrounger from Leeds.

Yep DOS him right now, he's been warned so many dvTIMES

never understood how it was legal to get benefits and make money from porn as well. must be different in the uk.

It's not legal, the twat gets his benefits and I think I recall a forum post of his where he was getting £700 a month just from one cam site he was pushing. Mind you he did say to Phil Wynn he drove a BMW and then turned up at a models place on his bike with a throwaway box camera !!

You're like the newspaper.

Not at all.

You have just broken my ability to read written English. Congratulations.

Countdown until Gideon is in here explaining how this is violating someones' human rights.