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. TalkTalk then upheld a 2014 ruling which extended the act to cover sites selling counterfeit goods. The appellants, which include BT, EE, Sky, Virgin Media and The Appeal Court, argued that blocking an ever-increasing range of website was a technical challenge that increased their costs on the back of thin margins.