{"id":993,"date":"2012-06-07T07:58:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T06:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=993"},"modified":"2012-06-07T07:58:54","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T06:58:54","slug":"isp-be-broadband-and-o2-uk-begin-blocking-the-pirate-bay-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/06\/isp-be-broadband-and-o2-uk-begin-blocking-the-pirate-bay-website.html","title":{"rendered":"ISP BE Broadband and O2 UK Begin Blocking The Pirate Bay Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As widely expected BE Broadband, which is the sibling fixed line network operator of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> UK (<em>Telefonica<\/em>), has today confirmed the implementation of a &#8220;<em>network-wide block<\/em>&#8221; that aims to prevent its internet access customers from being able to view the <strong>The Pirate Bay<\/strong> (BitTorrent P2P \/ File Sharing) website.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The move follows an April 2012 ruling by the <strong>High Court of Justice<\/strong> in London (<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>), which imposed a <strong>court order<\/strong> requiring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/bskyb\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Broadband<\/a>, Everything Everywhere (Orange UK and T-Mobile), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> (BE Broadband), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> to block access to the site over <strong>internet copyright infringement<\/strong> (piracy) abuse. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> will imminently impose a similar block.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>BE Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Overnight we&#8217;ll be implementing a network-wide block of known Pirate Bay websites to comply with the court ruling in late April. Here\u2019s a screenshot of the page you\u2019ll see if you try to visit one of these URLs<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Whilst we\u2019re on the subject, we wanted to say that BE takes pride in the fact that our broadband products are unlimited and unthrottled. Unlike other ISPs, we never slow down or limit your connection artificially no matter what protocol or site you\u2019re using. Legally we need to comply with court orders but wherever possible we leave it up to you<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-article-illustrations\/be_broadband_uk_website_block.gif\" alt=\"be broadband uk website block\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Not that the new measures have had much of a negative impact upon The Pirate Bay, with regular visitors simply choosing to circumvent the <strong>skin deep ISP restrictions<\/strong>. The reason for this is because ISPs cannot physically control, remove or block 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>Blocking like this, despite being largely ineffective, is expected to become increasingly common as the government, ISPs and Rights Holders continue to work towards the development of a <strong>Voluntary Code of Practice<\/strong> to tackle the problem by cutting out the expensive court process. 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