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    Pirate Bay Block: ISPs Warn Against Censorship

    Swedish ISPs have argued against the block of The Pirate Bay in the piracy site's home country, warning that it amounted to nothing less than censorship.

    The ISPs, Bredbandsbolaget and Telenor, were both responding to an Appeals Court hearing, which will determine whether rights-holders, including Universal Music and the Swedish Film Industry, have to right to force ISPs to block the Pirate Bay.

    Both ISPs warned against this potential "dangerous path" according to a translation obtained by TorrentFreak.

    "It is a dangerous path to go down, which forces Internet providers to monitor and evaluate content on the Internet and block websites with illegal content in order to avoid becoming accomplices," the companies wrote in a joint statement.

    "The copyright holders argue that the blockades they request are similar to those in neighboring Nordic countries. But with the legislation we have in Sweden, it means rightsholders' demands require a form of censorship that has no equivalent in any other EU country."

    The rights-holders are appealing an earlier decision by the district court which found that ISPs were not liable for the actions of their customers.

    The ISPs didn't entirely close the door on all kinds of anti-piracy measures to be implemented on the ISP side of things, but asked for rights-holders work with them to come up with an industry based solution.

    "We hope that the rightholders will be more open to dialogue when this lawsuit is over," the ISPs wroe.

    [via TorrentFreak]
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