{"id":1023,"date":"2012-06-11T17:45:16","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T16:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2012-06-11T17:45:16","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T16:45:16","slug":"uk-isp-talktalk-blocks-customers-from-viewing-the-pirate-bay-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/06\/uk-isp-talktalk-blocks-customers-from-viewing-the-pirate-bay-website.html","title":{"rendered":"UK ISP TalkTalk Blocks Customers from Viewing The Pirate Bay Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Budget internet provider <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-59\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"talktalk\">TalkTalk<\/a> has this week joined <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-86\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/bskyb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Sky Broadband\">Sky Broadband<\/a>, Orange UK (Everything Everywhere), <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-68\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"o2\">O2<\/a> UK (BE Broadband) and <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-65\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"virgin media\">Virgin Media<\/a> in preventing their customers from being able to view <strong>The Pirate Bay<\/strong> website over <strong>internet copyright infringement<\/strong> (piracy) abuse. <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-145\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"BT\">BT<\/a> is expected to follow.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The block was imposed this morning after copyright holders won a related <strong>court order<\/strong> last April 2012 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/04\/high-court-forces-more-uk-isps-to-block-the-pirate-bay-p2p-website.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). But such restrictions are easily circumvented and appear to have had little impact upon the website itself. The reason for this is because ISPs cannot physically control internet content that does not originate from their own servers. We explain this in more detail here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/04\/how-to-keep-your-data-private-and-browse-the-internet-anonymously.html\" target=\"_blank\">How to Keep Your Data Private and Browse the Internet Anonymously<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the government, ISPs and Rights Holders are still believed to be developing a <strong>Voluntary Code<\/strong> for tackling the problem more directly by cutting out the expensive court process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Budget internet provider TalkTalk has this week joined Sky Broadband, Orange UK (Everything Everywhere), O2 UK (BE Broadband) and Virgin Media in preventing their customers from being able to view The Pirate Bay website over internet copyright infringement (piracy) abuse. 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