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11 Jun, 2014 16:03

Anti-piracy group to fight Pirate Bay in Norway court

Anti-piracy group to fight Pirate Bay in Norway court

Anti-piracy group Rights Alliance says it will petition an Oslo court “within weeks” to block the file sharing site The Pirate Bay in Norway.

Willy Johansen, chairman of Rights Alliance, told the Norwegian daily Aftenposten on Monday that he is preparing to file a case at the Oslo District Court which will force local internet service providers (ISPs) to block the peer-to-peer file sharing site.

Rights Alliance (Rettighetsalliansen) has had a plan to block The Pirate Bay, as well as other Norwegian copyright-infringing websites, since autumn 2013 after the changes in copyright law came into force.

Johansen said they had already contacted Telenor, a Norwegian ISP, asking it to block a list of file sharing sites, but Telenor had refused to act voluntarily.

“We cannot act as a court or a police authority to act for third parties who want sites to be closed. We will only deal with a court decision,” said John Bretrum, a spokesman for Telenor, in a statement.

New legislation in Norway allows file sharing sites to be blocked but, explained Bretrum, the illegality of those sites must be proven.

The final decision from the Oslo District Court is expected to be made in the autumn.

Many other countries, such as the UK, have already blocked access to such sites, while others like Australia are thinking about it.

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