[LINK] Hollywood try to force ISP to use child abuse filter against file-sharing site

[Kim Holburn]

Once filters are there, others will want to use them for censorship.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8597596/Hollywood-studios-ask-High-Court-to-block-film-website.html

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> An MPA spokesman said the film industry had chosen to target BT because it is Britain’s biggest broadband provider, with 5.6 million customers, and has technology already in place that could be adapted to block Newzbin.
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> “BT was chosen because it’s the largest and already has the technology in place, through its Cleanfeed system, to block the site,” he said.
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> “If this case is successful, we would hope that other ISPs would take note of the result.”
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> Cleanfeed is a system used by BT to block access to overseas websites that offer images of child abuse.
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> “We can confirm that we will be appearing in court, following an application for an injunction by members of the MPA. We have no further comment to make at this stage,” a BT spokesman said.
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> This week’s action marks the first time copyright holders have tried to force British broadband providers to apply web blocking technology to other material and has provoked serious concern among ISPs, who fear large costs and a slide towards censorship.
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> The stakes are high for the film business, too. Momentum Pictures, the British film distributor behind The King’s Speech, said it would “fully support this action”.

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