Blocking Web Sites – Experiences from Finland

13 Pages Posted: 2 Feb 2012 Last revised: 13 Jul 2014

Date Written: February 1, 2012

Abstract

The article presents and discusses 'injunctions to discontinue,' i.e. injunctions against Internet Access Providers blocking access to websites in cases of alleged copyright infringements, from the point of view of Finnish legislation and case law (for example IFPI v. Elisa (concerning blocking access to The Pirate Bay).

Keywords: blocking injunction, injunction to discontinue, copyright, The Pirate Bay, Internet, ISP, infringement, remedies

Suggested Citation

Norrgård, Marcus, Blocking Web Sites – Experiences from Finland (February 1, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1997103 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1997103

Marcus Norrgård (Contact Author)

University of Helsinki ( email )

University of Helsinki
Helsinki, FIN-00014
Finland

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