The Pirate Bay is one of the most famous names when it comes to the topic of piracy, downloading files, torrenting and all the other associated buzzwords, it’s been the centre of a lot of controversy, court cases, and the battle between the sites users and operators vs the people who want to see it shut down is far from over.
The latest battle is a big win for The Pirate Bay as a Dutch court of appeal has overturned a court-ordered block of the site, which has so far proven ineffective at stopping internet users in the Netherlands from accessing the site due to numerous workarounds being made easily available online.
Two major Dutch internet provides, Ziggo and XS4All took the case to the court of appeals, and the court lifted the ban, meaning that users no longer have to use proxy servers and other techniques to access the site. The ban sounded like a great idea to content providers, but about effective at stopping people getting in a closing the door, but leaving all the windows open.
“We are very pleased that the court ruled in favour of the freedom of information, protecting a fundamental right of all Dutch citizens.” Said Niels Huijbregts, a spokesman for XS4All.
It’s great to see that some internet providers are happy to fight for the rights of their customers, and that there was a judge in the chair who must have understood how these online systems work.
Thank you The Guardian for providing us with this information.
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