свежий ветер
16:57 | 21-07-2010 | Censorship, Copyright, Internet, Jurisprudence, Politics | 1 Comment
кстати, давно не следил за хроникой известного залива и всех прилегающих территорий — а там, оказывается, все хорошо: во-первых, еще в мае Пиратская партия Швеции разместила знаменитый трекер у себя:
After its previous bandwidth provider had to take the site offline due to concerns over an aggressive Hollywood injunction, today The Pirate Bay is fully back in operation with a surprising new supplier. From a few hours ago, in a move intended to “stand up for freedom of expression”, the Swedish Pirate Party became the site’s new host.
затем они решили установить серверы прямиком в парламенте:
After their former hosting provider received an injunction telling it to stop providing bandwidth to The Pirate Bay, the worlds most resilient BitTorrent site switched to a new ISP. That host, the Swedish Pirate Party, made a stand on principle. Now they aim to take things further by running the site from inside the Swedish Parliament.
и, наконец, вчера шагнули еще дальше, решив запустить собственый провайдерский сервис:
The Swedish Pirate Party, who are at the forefront of anti-copyright lobbying in Sweden, are planning to shake up the country’s ISP market. After taking over the supply of bandwidth to The Pirate Bay, Piratpartiet will now partner in the launch of Pirate ISP, a new broadband service that will offer anonymity to customers and provide financial support to the Party.
молодцы, что тут скажешь. а еще совсем недавно я безгранично сомневался в их хоть каком-нибудь успехе.
кстати, раз уж зашла речь, то вот еще небольшая победа (после затяжных боев, ага):
A Dutch court has ruled that two of the largest ISPs in the Netherlands don’t have block customer access to The Pirate Bay. According to the court, there is no evidence that the majority of the ISPs’ users are infringing copyright through The Pirate Bay, so a block would not be justified.
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