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Finnish industry asks courts to block Pirate Bay
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 27 May 2011
The Finnish record industry has applied for a court order to force internet service providers there to block access to The Pirate Bay, the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry has confirmed.
Finland’s Copyright Information & Anti-Piracy Centre filed the court papers on behalf of the IFPI, who told reporters: “The development of a legal online market is impossible in Finland if illegal services like The Pirate Bay are freely allowed to continue their operations”.
If the Finnish courts granted the order, they wouldn’t be the first European country to officially block access to the rogue file-sharing site, though, of course, more prolific users will always find ways to circumvent such blocks.
That said, record label types would probably argue that even if such a block stops more casual users from accessing the BitTorrent search engine, that would be a step in the right direction.