FREE SAILING FOR PIRATE BAY
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FREE SAILING FOR PIRATE BAY
Details of a ruling by an Italian court overturning a decree from a public prosecutor that blocked the BitTorrent search site The Pirate Bay indicate that it may be more far-reaching than initially supposed. According to a translation of key sections of the ruling appearing on the website TorrentFreak.com, the Court of Bergamo went beyond The Pirate Bay's argument that it merely posted information about BitTorrent sites and did not offer bootlegged movies itself. The judge instead ruled that Italian authorities had no jurisdiction over foreign websites that are accused of copyright infringement. According to the translation, the judge stated "No [Italian] criminal court is allowed to issue an order to ISPs [Internet Service Providers] to block traffic to a foreign website based on alleged copyright infringement." The court cited a 2000 e-commerce act by the European Union, which states that European countries cannot require ISPs to oversee the data that they transmit or store.
10/10/2008
