Matti Robinson
5 Feb 2008 6:09
As Swedish government is suing and Danish Tele2 operator is blocking The Pirate Bay, Finland joins the Scandinavian group of anti-piracy pacesetters. The IFPI Finland is considering a civil action suit which would force ISPs to block The Pirate Bay.
The executive director of IFPI Finland, Arto Alaspää, stated that the operational model of the Tele2 will be tried out in Finland as well. "Similar block petitions are likely to be used in Finland," he said. The details of the suit are yet to be determined, but in Finland the site restriction would be a civil law police matter.
The site has an approximate of 100,000 Finnish users daily and simultaneous torrent downloads could rise up to five times the amount.