As per the latest reports, a new bill has been passed straight by the Philippines court. In the bill, Philippines can revoke licenses of ISPs which are indulged in helping piracy companies. Be it through any means, if they are found guilty, their license will be banned either on a temporary or permanent basis.
The bill has demanded ISP’s for blocking access to copyright infringement contents as soon as possible.
Therefore, to let you know the complete story of the ISPs boosting privacy, let’s move ahead and uncover some really deep information.
Philippines Can Revoke Licenses of ISP That Are Facilitating Piracy
If we take consideration on every country in the world, they have started their work to block pirate sites. Each one of them is making laws to ban pirate domain, pirate streaming services and are willing people’s contribution.
Therefore, this time its Philippines which is attacking the piracy issue on a serious scale. Talking about the latest bill, it was given by Senator Vicente “Tito” Castelo Sotto III. In the bill, he has highlighted some serious issues which are arising due to piracy. With this, even the Philippines is becoming a home for piracy which was the reason to take such a step.
Right in the bill, its said to “empower” country’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) whereas the local Internet service provider will have to take some crucial steps. They will have to disable pirate sites whenever they can and stop copyright infringement as soon as possible.
In simpler terms, the copyright holders must file a complaint against sites having an IPO. After which, they will decide whether to ban the site or not. Whether the sites are accessible or not, such things have to be taken into consideration.
Now, on the ISP part, they can file a complaint if they find something irrespective with the IPO. Since finalizing the blocking order can pose some serious damages, the court will have to look at the matter in an in-depth manner.
Statements Written On the Bill
“The Philippines is, unfortunately, one of the countries described by Internet pirates as ‘safe’ for uploading, downloading, linking, torrenting, and stream infringing content without fear of prosecution. The Philippines continues to be a haven for cybercriminals who illegally make content available on the Internet,” the bill begins.
“Years ago, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) was able to disrupt the notorious pirate torrent site, KickAssTorrents (kat.ph), by seizing the .ph domain – the country’s code domain. However, these prolific pirates simply changed their domain to that of another country – to .to for Tonga or .so for Somalia, just to cite an example.”
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Final Word of Mouth: The Philippines Can Revoke Licenses of ISPs That Are Facilitating Piracy
Now, with the site blocking orders into place, pirate sites will have to look for another option. In a matter where the Philippines can revoke licenses of ISPs. And the government looking to tighten screws, nothing much can be said.
This is the first time when the ISPs in the Philippines have come under the hammer. Hence, what will happen next? We will have to wait and watch out for.
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