This very week, the government of UK announced their options for UK Site Blocking, especially the pirate ones. Here, the rightsholders don’t need to go to the court for proving their worth and get an injunction.
While there are a number of doubts before the UK government actually implements this rule, transparency must be the basic norm.
Hence, to let you know the complete story of the administrative UK Site blocking, let us move ahead and unwrap the same.
Administrative UK Site Blocking Story
First of all, this week, the UK Intellectual Office said that they will be tightening the grip on pirate websites. Here, even the end users will come under the radar and will fall under the same crime.
In addition, for examining the different tactics to damage pirate supply chains, the UK government sent forces for the same. Hence, different app developers who were making apps to target copyright infringement will also come under the radar.
However, with an intention to make things easy for the copyright holders, the IPO is making use of an administrative process. With which, the pirate sites will become blocked without a need of the court injunction.
A Word of Mouth by the IPO
“Consider the evidence for and potential impact of administrative site blocking (as opposed to requiring a High Court injunction in every case), as well as identifying the mechanisms through which administrative site blocking could be introduced,” the IPO’s statement reads.
On the contrary, there are people who are opposing the administrative law and are against pirate site blocking.
So, gaining the support of the EU High Court, site blocking will certainly not go in the reverse direction. But, in which direction it will go, things are quite not clear as we see the current scenario.
What’s the Biggest Problem With Administrative UK Site Blocking?
Well, one of the biggest problems is the unavailability of transparency. While, as per the initial court orders, it has been made available for years, newer sites are being added in the blacklisted state.
What does it mean? It means that the citizens of UK often wonder so as to why some sites are blocked and some remain accessible.
Currently, some of the ISP’s are making use of a splash page to denote that the website has been banned. Hence, the same is done after the order of the High Court and it will continue as and when the time progresses.
Hence, after this, at least some of the websites will change their IP Address while some will surely undergo a rebranding process.
Out of which, still, the sites which were using proxy have become inaccessible. Hence, it shows the stringent nature of the UK government.
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Wrapping Things Up: Administrative UK Site Blocking Must be Followed By Absolute Transparency
Of course, we will never know what will happen in the upcoming months. But, as and when we see the latest Administrative UK site blocking, things will become detrimental for pirate sites.
Finally, it’s some sign of relief for the copyright holders and definitely a nightmare for pirate site owners. What’s next? Time is certainly, the right answer for all questionnaires’.
content credit- Torrent Freak
