UK ISPs ordered to block e-book piracy sites

[wraggster]

http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/dce6df91f098b8e1178e8131d2833e1/201090353/kindles.jpgIn a major victory for book publishers, the UK's High Court has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block several sites offering pirated e-books (http://publishers.org.uk/policy-and-news/news-releases/2015/publishers-win-high-court-support-in-fight-against-infringement/). The decision means that BT, Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk and EE now have 10 days to comply and ensure their customers can't access the following link depositories: AvaxHome, Ebookee, Freebookspot, Freshwap, Libgen, Bookfi and Bookre. The Publishers Association (PA), which sought the blocks under the UK's Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988, claims the sites collectively hold around 10 million e-books, and that at least 80 percent of them are infringing copyright. It's been described as the "first action of its kind brought by UK book publishers," following similar ISP blocks (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/11/pirate-bay-proxy-blocks/) levied against sites hosting music, movies and TV shows.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/27/uk-isps-ebook-site-block/

[VampDude]

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Looks like the book sites have since been added to the order... It's getting longer each and every week, which soon may even result in Google being added to the list because none of these sites would have had their traffic if it wasn't due to the common search engine.

[cris_fletser]

Exactly. A common search engine plays a big role in this.

[dumbledore]

It's definitely a good idea.