British internet firms ordered to block Pirate Bay...

                

                 Pirate bay is the largest website that enables people to download movies, songs and videos for free and it uses torrent as main software for people to download. The problem has arises when pirate that provide service for people to have their latest movies and songs did not acknowledge the creator. Five internet service providers in Britain will be forced to block top file-sharing website The Pirate Bay under a High Court order issued Monday over copyright infringement (Malaysianews 2012). The movie’s director of song’s composer has the right to get something in return for their effort if people have published their work for people to download it.

                  Copyright is a law that gives you ownership over the things you create and people cannot simply publish your without your permission (Bailey 2011). The London court has send order to five leading internet providers to block all the traffic to pirate bay. Nevertheless, Torrent portal The Pirate Bay has posted an angry response to news yesterday that UK ISPs have been asked to block the Swedish site, accusing the High Court of promoting internet censorship (Dutton 2012). There is also a concept of fair use in copyright law which also in other words is known as free use, fair dealing or fair practice. Some said that fair use is just to weakened the copyright law but Masnick (2011) stats that, fair use is not about weakening copyright, it's about strengthening copyright, in making it more flexible to be able to bend, rather than break, when content is used in certain socially useful ways (what copyright law is supposed to encourage). The author further stated that, anti-fair use position does significantly more harm to copyright in the long run, in that it makes it less flexible, and makes it illegal to do things that people know at a fundamental level should be legal. Therefore, website that provide a service for people to download movies or songs have to give something in return for the creator to make it win win situation.

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Dutton, F 2012, The Pirate Bay issues angry response to UK ban, viewed 12th June 2012,
< http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-01-the-pirate-bay-issues-angry-response-to-uk-ban >


Malaysianews 2012, British Internet Firms Ordered to Block Pirate Bay, viewed 12th June 2012,
< http://www.mymalaysianews.com/technology/2693-british-internet-firms-ordered-to-block-pirate-bay >


Masnick, M 2011, Fair Use Doesn't Weaken Copyright Law, It Strengthens It, viewed 12th June 2012,
< http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110518/12090114324/fair-use-doesnt-weaken-copyright-law-it-strengthens-it.shtml >