Record companies move to block Pirate Bay in Finland

The funny thing here is that this request has no legal basis, and still a court of law is processing it.

Other funny things related to Internet censorship also happen in Finland - although censorship is expressly prohibited in the constitution. The police used a DNS blocking mechanism, built on the pretext of stopping distribution of child pornography, to block a Web site that was criticizing the police. What they did was completely illegal, and still the administrative court wouldn't even process an appeal as the police said there is nowhere to appeal to. A higher court then revoked the decision and now the appeal will have to be processed - but even when the police works against the law, the people appealing will still have to carry their own legal costs to get illegal decisions overturned.

But the magic words "child pornography" have been spoken. The real target is, of course, protecting the outdated business model of record companies and movie distributors. They are behind their times and abusing the legislation, but they are well connected in the ministries.

Well nice move ...................but i believe in freedom ..............you can block some form of technology,torrent this time ..............but can't block the other options available on internet for pirating data.............

but still i'd say nice move.......and ya best of luck.........

Check out the MAFIAAFire.com plugin, with stuff like that out.. an tech is just gaining speed on outdated business models.

It's just a matter of time before thse new dinosaurs croak.

i didnt think people still used 'The Pirate Bay' there is still plenty of torrent sites out there... The Pirate Bay's demise hasn't stopped other sites from operating.....

I believe the pioneers of the internet recently criticized China for blocking access to websites.... I am convinced Sweden is becoming China......