British Telecom ordered to blacklist Usenet search engine

Re:British Telecom ordered to blacklist Usenet search engine by nextparadigms on Thursday July 28, 2011 @09:36PM (#2819773)

"BT argued that when its subscribers access Newzbin2, BT is acting as a mere conduit for their network activity. Therefore, BT said, these users were not "using [BT's] service to infringe copyright." But the judge rejected this interpretation, holding that "users are using BT’s service to infringe copyright," and that he therefore has the authority to grant the injunction."

Isn't that like getting an injunction for Youtube because users are using it to view infringing videos? Where does it stop?

UK judges don't seem very experienced with copyright cases. It seems they have a pretty simplistic view of things. If "it looks bad" then it must be bad, so they rule against it.

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Re:British Telecom ordered to blacklist Usenet search engine by jackpirate on Thursday July 28, 2011 @10:42PM (#2819938)

UK judges don't seem very experienced with copyright cases.

I'm sure they're plenty experienced. Their experience just isn't what we want it to be.

As they say, Practice makes permanent, not perfect.

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Re:British Telecom ordered to blacklist Usenet search engine by chunkyslink on Friday July 29, 2011 @01:39AM (#2820372)

I would agree.

Its also the case that how copyright law is interpreted is different from country to country.

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