Today a Danish judge ruled that Tele2 (an ISP) is to block the DNS for Russian music site
allofmp3.com. The ruling is controversial mainly because it makes ISPs responsible for what is accessible via the Internet.
The case was brought to court by the Danish chapter of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) who argued that ISPs have a responsibility to block access to the Russian site.
So far Danish authorities have been reluctant to call the Russian web site illegal.
Tele2 has decided to try todays ruling at a higher court.
I think the whole thing stinks. Shutting down access to parts of the web by way of the infrastructure is so wrong. It is in fact an attack on the notion of the web itself.
If the record labels find that the russian site is infringing on their business they should move against the business itself. Not the web. Come on now.
Read more about the case (in Danish); http://www.computerworld.dk/art/36251?a=fp&i=1
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