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Dutch court bans Pirate Party links to The Pirate Bay
Source: BBC
10 May 2012 Last updated at 18:22 GMT
Dutch court bans Pirate Party links to The Pirate Bay
The Netherlands' Pirate Party has been ordered to stop publicising ways to circumvent blocks to The Pirate Bay.
The ruling by a court in the Hague follows a complaint by the anti-piracy group Brein.
It had said that the political party was helping users overcome a previous ruling that had ordered two of the country's biggest internet service providers to prohibit access to TPB.
A subsequent order instructed a further five ISPs to block access to the site
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Dutch court bans Pirate Party links to The Pirate Bay
The Netherlands' Pirate Party has been ordered to stop publicising ways to circumvent blocks to The Pirate Bay.
The ruling by a court in the Hague follows a complaint by the anti-piracy group Brein.
It had said that the political party was helping users overcome a previous ruling that had ordered two of the country's biggest internet service providers to prohibit access to TPB.
A subsequent order instructed a further five ISPs to block access to the site
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18016819
