Filesharing clampdown in Israel
Filesharing in Israel became a whole lot harder recently after the Haifa District Court ordered the country’s three largest ISP to block access to the Israeli filesharing site httpshare. The move came after a petition was put together by Israel’s 12 biggest record labels.
Although httpshare contains no actual music or movie files, the site does have links to various filesharing sites, which is why the record labels are up in arms. Site operators have been outraged at the decision, citing that the filesharing site is perfectly legal. The filesharing site changed its IP address but the ISPs caught on and blocked the site again.
Israel’s filesharing battle has now begun. This again raises the debate whether filesharing websites like this should be targeted. They don’t, after all, host any files themselves, but merely offer access to various sites. However, Israelis keen on filesharing can still access external sites, making the whole ordeal seem ultimately pointless.
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Posted on 5 March 2008 by mike in Filesharing