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Pirate site blocking is a common practice in dozens of countries around the world, and the Netherlands is no exception. <\/p>\nPirate site blocking is a common practice in dozens of countries around the world, and the Netherlands is no exception. <\/p>\n
After a decade-long legal battle between anti-piracy group BREIN and three local Internet providers, the latter were ordered to block access to The Pirate Bay<\/a> in 2020. <\/p>\n This was a pivotal moment, as it opened the door to more blocking requests targeting other torrent sites<\/a>, streaming portals<\/a>, and shadow libraries<\/a>. A year later, the blocking process was further streamlined when all major ISPs signed a covenant<\/a> where they agreed to block pirate sites when rightsholders obtain a blocking order against one of their fellow providers.<\/p>\n Today, BREIN<\/a> obtained a fresh site-blocking injunction at the Rotterdam Court. The order requires Internet provider Ziggo to block access to music piracy platforms \u2018newalbumreleases\u2019 and \u2018Israbox\u2019 that reportedly had 100,000 monthly visits in the country.<\/p>\n Ziggo was one of the ISPs that previously pushed back against BREIN\u2019s blocking requests in the Pirate Bay case. This time around, the ISP also objected, again without the desired result. <\/p>\n In court, Ziggo argued that the underlying Pirate Bay jurisprudence should not apply to this case, as the targeted music sites rely on cyberlocker links instead of torrents. The court firmly rejected this line of reasoning. It ruled that the technology doesn\u2019t matter as long as a site \u201cdeliberately and with a profit motive\u201d links to unauthorized content.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Ziggo also argued that BREIN failed the \u201csubsidiarity\u201d test by not doing enough to stop the sites before it requested the injunction. Again, the court disagreed and concluded that BREIN had \u201cdone more than was expected\u201d based on the agreed covenant. <\/p>\n The legal paperwork reveals that BREIN reached out to the owners of both sites. The anti-piracy group also contacted their hosting providers, domain name registrars, several related cyberlockers, and the registrants and registrars of various proxies and mirror sites, among others.<\/p>\n Finally, Ziggo\u2019s concerns over effectiveness and proportionality were also rejected. The court sees DNS blocking as a \u201cclear and verifiable\u201d measure with sufficient protections against overblocking. While blockades can be circumvented by subscribers, they are \u201csufficiently effective\u201d to block casual pirates. <\/p>\n The injunction requires Ziggo to block the \u2018newalbumreleases\u2019 and \u2018Israbox\u2019 domain names within five working days. This is a dynamic order, so any new (sub)domains, proxies, or mirrors that BREIN reports to the ISP will be added to the blocklist too. <\/p>\n Under the agreed covenant, these blockades will also apply to other Dutch Internet providers, including KPN, DELTA, and Odido. This means that, without workarounds, the two music piracy sites will soon be inaccessible in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n While Ziggo is likely disappointed with the outcome, in a comment to TorrentFreak a spokesperson for the company indicates that it will not fight the ruling.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have taken note of the verdict of Rotterdam Court regarding the blocking of several unauthorized music websites. We respect the ruling and will comply, in accordance with the agreements in the Website Blocking Covenant,\u201d Ziggo informs us.<\/p>\n BREIN director Bastiaan van Ramshorst is pleased with the outcome, and he frames these types of measures as a necessary last resort.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen illegal services ignore takedown requests\u2026 and hide behind non-cooperative foreign hosts and domain registrars, there is no other option than to block these via Dutch access providers,\u201d van Ramshorst says<\/a>, adding that ISPs are the \u2018best placed\u2019 party to effectively counter these infringements. <\/p>\n Following this victory, BREIN will likely share the court order with Google, which has an unwritten policy<\/a> of voluntarily removing court-ordered blocked domains from its Dutch search results. That further increases the scope of the injunction. <\/p>\n \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n TorrentFreak has seen the injunction, but a redacted copy of the court order has yet to be published online by the Rotterdam court. We will update this article accordingly when it is available. <\/p>\n From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\nBlocking Music Pirate Sites<\/h2>\n
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