IFPI Forces Danish ISP to Block The Pirate Bay

Found on Torrent Freak on Sunday, 03 February 2008
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A Danish court ruled in favor of the IFPI, and ordered the Danish ISP "Tele2" (DMT2-Tele2) to block all access to the popular BitTorrent tracker.

The Pirate Bay team has already asked other BitTorrent admins to stand up against the IFPI lobby, and arranged a meeting with Tele2 to discuss the current events. Pirate Bay co-founder Brokep told TorrentFreak in a response: "I hope the torrent community understands what this will do to Danish people. It will also act as a very bad precedent for the European Union, and I hope everybody will fight this."

IFPI has announced it will continue it's battle against BitTorrent sites in Europe. Last month they tried to convince European lawmakers that ISPs should block access to websites such as The Pirate Bay, and block filesharing protocols, no matter what they're being used for.

Proxy? Trackerless? That ban won't do that much to P2P. However, it will add a lot to the discussions about censorship. The industry should simply accept that the days of market control and overpriced products are over, and that artists can make money without them through P2P. You're dead, now roll over.