Sky Broadband Blocks The Pirate Bay
Bleachersreport, 30 May, 2012
Sky Broadband has become the latest UK ISP to respond to a court-ordered blockade of The Pirate Bay. According to a staff member on Sky’s user forums, the ban was put in place at 3pm UK time today.
Sky follows in the footsteps of Virgin and Everything Everywhere’s Orange who both blocked the site earlier this month.
“We have invested billions of pounds in high-quality entertainment for our customers because we know how much our customers value it,” a statement from Sky reads.
“It’s therefore important that companies like ours do what they can, alongside the Government and the rest of the media and technology industries, to help protect their copyright.
“Such protection makes sure that consumers continue to benefit from TV programmes, movies and music both now and in the future. This means taking effective action against online piracy and copyright infringement,” Sky concludes.
The blocking order, which was obtained from the High Court by a group of record labels late last month, also orders TalkTalk and O2 to censor The Pirate Bay.
According to the BBC, O2 has until 13th June to act.
Once fully implemented it’s estimated that 94% of all UK citizens will no longer be able to access the site, at least by normal means. Proxies, of course, are being set up by the dozen, including one operated by the UK Pirate Party.
This week The Pirate Bay said it would be digging in long term to help users circumvent the bans in both the UK and the Netherlands.
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What a Cheek,,,,the owner of Sky is Rupert Murdoch & he is the biggest Pirate of all!!!
Click here to read about it; Murdoch Accused of Piracy