WEBSITES that mainly offer pirated content – which could include well-known file-sharing site The Pirate Bay – might be blocked by all Internet service providers here in the future.
This could pan out if holders of the copyrights to the content – such as music, movies and books – apply to the High Court to block access to such pirate sites, under proposed changes to the Copyright Act by the Law Ministry.
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