The Netherlands has had the damnedest time blocking The Pirate Bay. Taking a cue from the UK, as well as from Belgium and others, the Netherlands ruled last May that Dutch Internet service providers must block The Pirate Bay. Alas, the ruling didn’t quite do the trick, as people began offering proxies that afforded users circuitous routes to the piracy hotbed. Dutch authorities have thus turned their attention to the proxies — and their money. The Dutch entertainment copyright group BREIN successfully lobbied for a Dutch bailiff to seize the bank account of a Pirate Bay proxy operator.
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Pirate Bay Proxy Operator's Bank Account Seized
Posted by: David Vranicar April 4, 2013 09:04 AMThe Netherlands has had the damnedest time blocking The Pirate Bay. Taking a cue from the UK, as well as from Belgium and others, the Netherlands ruled last May that Dutch Internet service providers must block The Pirate Bay. Alas, the ruling didn’t quite do the trick, as people began offering proxies that afforded users circuitous routes to the piracy hotbed. Dutch authorities have thus turned their attention to the proxies — and their money. The Dutch entertainment copyright group BREIN successfully lobbied for a Dutch bailiff to seize the bank account of a Pirate Bay proxy operator.