Newzbin2 judgment: industry reactions

Newzbin website. A landmark High Court ruling forcing BT to block access to the site illegal file sharing

Internet -providers, right holders and lobbying groups reacted Thursday's landmark High Court ruling forces BT block access to file sharing illegal website Newzbin2.

"This is a useful judgment which provides clarity on this complex issue. It demonstrates clearly that rights holders must prove their claims and persuade a judge to make a court order. BT has consistently said that rights holders must take this route. We return to the Court after the summer to explain what kind of order we believe to be appropriate. "

"This ruling by Justice Arnold is a victory for millions of people who work in the UK creative industries and demonstrates that legislation in the country must apply online. This trial was never an attack on internet service providers, but we need their cooperation to manage your site Newzbin, which constantly tries to circumvent the law and judicial sanction. Newzbin is a notorious pirate website that makes hundreds of thousands of copyrighted products available without permission and without regard to the law. "

"This ruling sends a clear signal that ISPs have a role to play in protecting their customers from rogue Web sites that take advantage of and benefit from creative work without permission, ignore notices not hesitate and Find themselves beyond the reach of law enforcement."

"The decision is crucial to the sector of content as it continues in its efforts to create a sustainable and secure environment for the distribution of legal content online. After this ruling, can other sites that are focused on violating copyright now be susceptible to blocking actions. UK content owners have just established a powerful weapons to help them to protect their copyrights online. "

"This is a terrible day for regular UK internet users. The verdict set a worrying precedent for internet censorship. This is the thin end of a very large wedge. It also leaves the Coalition [Government] internet policy in disarray. Our digital rights is obviously determined by Hollywood, not Parliament. "

"Website blocking is pointless and dangerous. These judgments will not do to stop the violation, or increase the creative industries. And there is a serious risk of legitimate content will be blocked and service slowdown. If the goal is strengthening the creators ability to earn money from their work, so we must give up these technological naive measures focus on genuine market reforms, and satisfy unmet consumer demand.

"Intermediaries like BT are forced to accept that policing the Internet for IP rights infringements is as much your responsibility as holders. The sentence suggests not, there may be a flood of similar claims launched. This misses the point. Now that this test case establishes that an injunction may be granted, the intermediaries is likely to adopt a notice and takedown approach which has worked for many years in relation to defamation claims. When notified claimed IP infringements of rights-holders, probably intermediaries to test attitude in animal trials. "

"Although the law as film studios trust to block access to Newzbin has been in force for some time, this is the first time that a court has upheld it in relation to an internet service provider. This is a welcome victory for rights owners who have been deprived of income due to Newzbins illegal activities. However, it as a test case create a precedent which has the potential to result in a hectic less dignified Court programs to block offensive content. Countless websites any user-uploaded content, and could now be the subject of a request for ISP block. YouTube is just one example. "

"ISPA has long maintained that this is an issue of rights holders should seek to address in court, rather than through voluntary funds, and today's decision should go some way to offer clarity on what is a complicated issue. However, concern over-blocking, facilitate circumvention and enhanced encryption is widely recognised, which means blocking is not a silver bullet to stop online infringement of copyright. Rather, as the Government-commissioned review recently Hargreaves found, there should be more focus on offering innovative, fully licensed content services that provide consumers with the demanding clear. "

"The Court's ruling has no direct or immediate impact on the TalkTalk. If the MPA is seeking a court order against us to block the site NewzBin then we will consider it. "

"The Web site blocks only treats the symptoms, not the reason why consumers to infringe the copyright. Blocking access to Newzbin2 is short-sighted and will not reduce demand for Hollywood movies. Consumers will seek out other sources, and the only long-term solution is more and better legal alternatives. We are on the way to a blocking injunction-arms race-what we really need are members of the Motion Picture Association to be innovative and focus on meeting the UK consumer demand legally. "

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