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A court order blocked pirate sites that weren’t supposed to be blocked

One week ago, the news site TorrentFreak reported that The Pirate Bay and nearly 20 other torrent and pirate sites were being blocked by Cogent Communications, an Internet backbone provider. The ... read more

Internet backbone provider Cogent cuts off service to Russia - Engadget

Cogent Communications, an internet backbone provider that carries approximately 25 percent of all global web traffic, has begun cutting ties with Russian businesses in response to the country’s ... read more

The Pirate Bay's new network is making ISP blocks useless - Engadget

Despite global efforts to put the kibosh on infamous torrent site The Pirate Bay (TPB), the lair of internet swashbucklers is proving almost impossible to sack. Swedish police succeeded in taking ... read more

Internet service provider Cogent cutting off access to Russian customers

Cogent Communications -- an internet service provider carrying about 25% of all internet traffic across the globe-- said on Friday it is terminating its service in Russia due to the invasion of ... read more

Top EU Court rules internet providers can be ordered to block The Pirate Bay - TNW

In what could turn out to be a landmark case, the EU Court of Justice has ruled that internet service providers can be ordered to block The Pirate Bay. read more

BT blocks The Pirate Bay - ZDNET

BT started blocking access to The Pirate Bay around midday on Tuesday, the ISP has confirmed. BT Retail was the last of the big UK internet service providers to institute the block, which had been ... read more

Pirate Bay warning: internet provider forced to hand over names of illegal downloaders

A landmark court ruling in Sweden could have dire consequences for those using torrent sites like the Pirate Bay to download pirate films and TV shows. One of the country's main internet service ... read more

French Court Orders Internet Providers to Block Access to The Pirate Bay - The Hollywood Reporter

French Court Orders Internet Providers to Block Access to The Pirate Bay. A French anti-piracy group, backed by the music majors, pushed for the file-sharing site to be banned online ... read more

Australian ISPs ordered to block The Pirate Bay by year's end

The Pirate Bay has been chased around the world, and now Australia's internet service providers have been ordered to block it Down Under, along with a raft of other torrent sites. read more

Australia court: ISPs must block Pirate Bay and other websites for copyright infringement - JURIST - News

In 2015 in a similar case a Swedish court ruled [JURIST report] that the ISPs were not required to block Pirate Bay and other similar sites. The same question was also decided by Irish [JURIST report] ... read more