The copyright industry lost their court case to block Pirate Bay in Norway

[velvetfog]

The lower court judgment from Asker og Bærum tingrett in Norway did not support the media industry in its attempt to get Telenor, Norway's largest ISP and telephone company, to block access to The Pirate Bay.

Telenor has maintained throughout the case that, as an ISP and common carrier, censoring any Internet traffic was not appropriate for them to do

Quote:(Fornebu, 6 November 2009) The Asker and Bærum District Court today delivered its verdict on the so-called Pirate Bay case. The Court concludes that Telenor is not illegally contributing to any violation of copyrights through services offered by The Pirate Bay and that there is subsequently no basis for instructing Telenor to block admission to the website. Obviously we are pleased that the District Court has arrived at this conclusion. At the same time it is important for us to emphasise that this case is not about being in favour of or opposed to copyright, but about whether or not it is reasonable to saddle Internet service providers to with a censorship role in respect of content on the Internet. We have always thought that the answer to this should be "no" and we are now happy to note that the court shares our views on this subject. We and copyright owners can now continue our work to find good and profitable solutions for legal content sharing," says Head of Telenor Norway Ragnar Kårhus. Telenor believes that the most important way of maintaining healthy revenues among intellectual rights holders, is to develop business models and services that make websites like The Pirate Bay less attractive. New music services like the online music store Wimp, which Telenor is currently testing, help create viable business models for digital downloads that ensure that artists receive payment. "This is the way to go, rather than ordering Internet service providers to censor the Internet", says Mr. Kårhus. Apart from focusing on the fact that Telenor, through its behaviour can not be said to have acted in unlawful ways, the court, in its ruling, also focuses on the potential negative consequences it may have if Telenor and other Internet providers are ordered to block access to websites that allegedly are engaged in illegal activities. On this, the court states the following:"As a result, Telenor and other Internet providers, including private companies, may have to do an evaluation on whether an Internet page or service shall be blocked or not. This is an evaluation normally assigned to the authorities, and in the court's view, today's situation makes it unnatural to assign such responsibility to private companies." For further information please contact: Atle Lessum, Head of Information, Telenor, tel. (+47) 415 05 645, atle.lessum@telenor.com This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Edit: TorrentFreak now has an item on this:
http://torrentfreak.com/ifpi-loses-telen...ay-091106/

[nVeve]

(6th November 2009 19:34)velvetfog Wrote:  The lower court judgment from Asker og Bærum tingrett in Norway did not support the media industry in its attempt to get Telenor, Norway's largest ISP and telephone company, to block access to The Pirate Bay.

Telenor has maintained throughout the case that, as an ISP and common carrier, censoring any Internet traffic was not appropriate for them to do

Quote:(Fornebu, 6 November 2009) The Asker and Bærum District Court today delivered its verdict on the so-called Pirate Bay case. The Court concludes that Telenor is not illegally contributing to any violation of copyrights through services offered by The Pirate Bay and that there is subsequently no basis for instructing Telenor to block admission to the website. Obviously we are pleased that the District Court has arrived at this conclusion. At the same time it is important for us to emphasise that this case is not about being in favour of or opposed to copyright, but about whether or not it is reasonable to saddle Internet service providers to with a censorship role in respect of content on the Internet. We have always thought that the answer to this should be "no" and we are now happy to note that the court shares our views on this subject. We and copyright owners can now continue our work to find good and profitable solutions for legal content sharing," says Head of Telenor Norway Ragnar Kårhus. Telenor believes that the most important way of maintaining healthy revenues among intellectual rights holders, is to develop business models and services that make websites like The Pirate Bay less attractive. New music services like the online music store Wimp, which Telenor is currently testing, help create viable business models for digital downloads that ensure that artists receive payment. "This is the way to go, rather than ordering Internet service providers to censor the Internet", says Mr. Kårhus. Apart from focusing on the fact that Telenor, through its behaviour can not be said to have acted in unlawful ways, the court, in its ruling, also focuses on the potential negative consequences it may have if Telenor and other Internet providers are ordered to block access to websites that allegedly are engaged in illegal activities. On this, the court states the following:"As a result, Telenor and other Internet providers, including private companies, may have to do an evaluation on whether an Internet page or service shall be blocked or not. This is an evaluation normally assigned to the authorities, and in the court's view, today's situation makes it unnatural to assign such responsibility to private companies." For further information please contact: Atle Lessum, Head of Information, Telenor, tel. (+47) 415 05 645, atle.lessum@telenor.com This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Edit: TorrentFreak now has an item on this:
http://torrentfreak.com/ifpi-loses-telen...ay-091106/

it's funny how they try this stuff over seas. but never in america.. u guys need a better history of rioting or something or start a UCLA group. or contact them about american corperation trying boss u around and still your rights away from u. they would have a field day with this.

[PlayBoyMan]

w00t w00t !!!!!
Score one for the Bay !

YAAAAARRRRRR !!!!

[Askeen]

(7th November 2009 00:14)playboyman Wrote:  w00t w00t !!!!!
Score one for the Bay !

YAAAAARRRRRR !!!!

yee
gaarrrh!!

[Boobman]

Awesome. Go Telenor!

[Murlok]

(6th November 2009 19:34)velvetfog Wrote:  The lower court judgment from Asker og Bærum tingrett in Norway did not support the media industry in its attempt to get Telenor, Norway's largest ISP and telephone company, to block access to The Pirate Bay.

Telenor has maintained throughout the case that, as an ISP and common carrier, censoring any Internet traffic was not appropriate for them to do

Quote:(Fornebu, 6 November 2009) The Asker and Bærum District Court today delivered its verdict on the so-called Pirate Bay case. The Court concludes that Telenor is not illegally contributing to any violation of copyrights through services offered by The Pirate Bay and that there is subsequently no basis for instructing Telenor to block admission to the website. Obviously we are pleased that the District Court has arrived at this conclusion. At the same time it is important for us to emphasise that this case is not about being in favour of or opposed to copyright, but about whether or not it is reasonable to saddle Internet service providers to with a censorship role in respect of content on the Internet. We have always thought that the answer to this should be "no" and we are now happy to note that the court shares our views on this subject. We and copyright owners can now continue our work to find good and profitable solutions for legal content sharing," says Head of Telenor Norway Ragnar Kårhus. Telenor believes that the most important way of maintaining healthy revenues among intellectual rights holders, is to develop business models and services that make websites like The Pirate Bay less attractive. New music services like the online music store Wimp, which Telenor is currently testing, help create viable business models for digital downloads that ensure that artists receive payment. "This is the way to go, rather than ordering Internet service providers to censor the Internet", says Mr. Kårhus. Apart from focusing on the fact that Telenor, through its behaviour can not be said to have acted in unlawful ways, the court, in its ruling, also focuses on the potential negative consequences it may have if Telenor and other Internet providers are ordered to block access to websites that allegedly are engaged in illegal activities. On this, the court states the following:"As a result, Telenor and other Internet providers, including private companies, may have to do an evaluation on whether an Internet page or service shall be blocked or not. This is an evaluation normally assigned to the authorities, and in the court's view, today's situation makes it unnatural to assign such responsibility to private companies." For further information please contact: Atle Lessum, Head of Information, Telenor, tel. (+47) 415 05 645, atle.lessum@telenor.com This announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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Edit: TorrentFreak now has an item on this:
http://torrentfreak.com/ifpi-loses-telen...ay-091106/

Good job here and I did put that up at irc so we can still work together M8

[LondonUnderground]

saw this earlier, was quite pleased