Is The Pirate Bays galleon under siege by the European Union?
According to TorrentFreak, the European Union may bring the ban hammer down on the infamous Swedish torrent tracker at some point in the near future. The move would be the cornerstone in the governing body’s new initiative against media piracy. The new report has two primary goals. First, it wants to place more liability and responsibility on Internet service providers (ISPs). So, if one ISP sees a consistent amount of piracy-related traffic and does nothing to hinder or cease such traffic, they could be held responsible by the EU. In order to avoid such unpleasantries, the second major goal is for all copyrighted material not being used with permission to be completely filtered out. This is similar to what U.S. organizations like the MPAA and RIAA want on our side of the pond. To clarify, all of the above is contained in a “tabled non-legislative report”, according to the European Parliament’s website. So, in layman’s terms, it’s closer to being “advice” right now than a fully-fledged
