Pirate Bay Gets Danish Slap With Finland Queuing Up February 06, 2008

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The controversial torrent hosting site, Pirate Bay, is in more trouble this week after a Danish court ordered the ISP, Tele2, to block access to Pirate Bay by Danish customers.

The court was complying with a request from the request from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) which has been after Pirate Bay for some time, according to a Computerworld magazine article. The Swedish site is already in hot water in Sweden where authorities have charged four men linked to Pirate Bay with conspiracy to break copyright law.

Pirate Bay was sent walking the plank in 2006 but managed to dodge the death sentence and has since been giving a rebellious two-finger salute to the music and movie industry.

Tele2 is just the first Danish ISP to avoid possible legal action and follow orders but according to IFPI:

“The provider had agreed to follow the order and it is expected that other Internet service providers will voluntarily follow the court order.”

News just in suggests that the IFPI in Finland is getting ready to target its own ISPs.-Martin Lynch

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