Indian ISPs Unblock BitTorrent Sites After Appeal

Posted: 2012/06/20 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, File Sharing, Filtering, Illegal File Sharing, Jurisprudence, Litigation, Public Policy, Stats / reports

Millions of Indians can today breathe a sigh of relief. They are once again able to access their favorite file-sharing sites, including The Pirate Bay and Torrentz.eu, after a consortium of ISPs appealed a broad censorship order. The Madras High Court specified an earlier decision and ruled that Internet providers no longer have to block entire websites to prevent a single movie from being shared online.

Last month millions of Indians were shaken up by what appeared to be a mass anti-piracy action from the Government.

Many of the country’s leading Internet providers had blocked access to a wide range of file-sharing and streaming sites including Torrentz.eu, The Pirate Bay and Vimeo.

More:
http://torrentfreak.com/indian-isps-unblock-bittorrent-sites-after-appeal-120620/

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