Some of the UK's biggest ISPs have lost an appeal against a 2014 ruling by the High Court in London requiring them to extend their blacklists to encompass websites accused of selling counterfeit goods....
UK ISPs have lost their appeal against a ruling that required them to blacklist websites selling counterfeit goods . The Copyright , Designs and Patents Act obliged ISPs to block websites found to be infringing copyright . The Appeal Court then upheld a 2014 ruling which extended the act to block websites selling counterfeit goods . The appellants , which include BT , EE , Sky , Virgin Media and TalkTalk , argued that blocking an ever - increasing range of website was a technical challenge that limits their effectiveness on the back of thin margins .