14 DAY TRIAL // As a result of a court order, BT, the UK Internet service provider, is forced to block all its account holders from accessing Newzbin2 in a matter of 14 days.
According to TorrentFreak, BT was handed an order which cannot be bypassed in any way.
The court found out that Newzbin already developed tools that might allow users to evade the blockade so they made sure that any attempt will be annihilated.
“Since the main judgment was delivered, the operators of Newzbin2 have made available client software which is designed to allow a user to access the Newzbin2 website independently from, for example, an installed web browser, and thereby circumvent any block imposed by BT pursuant to the order,” wrote Justice Arnold.
“For this and other reasons, it is common ground that the order should permit the Studios to notify additional IP addresses and/or URLs to BT in future in order for those to be subject to the same blocking measures as www.newzbin.com.”
While BT asked that the block would encompass only websites that try to provide access to the torrent site, the MPA required the restriction to include IP addresses and URLs which attempt to enable access to Newzbin2 and the judges agreed.
BT's request to take down the blockade in case all the other UK ISPs won't be forced by the Studios to implement the same measures was denied by the court, but it seems that they hope for a voluntary submission from the other providers.
Unfortunately for BT, they will have to pick up the costs of the stoppage case starting from December last year to July 2011.
It looks as authorities are starting to realize that file-sharing websites usually find a way to bypass court orders and as a result they devised means to make sure that a banned domain remains banned.
It will be interesting to see whether, by including IP addresses and URLs into the document, they can achieve what they want. If they succeed, it might be a good lesson for other courts as we see many cases where blockades are only on paper as in practice the locations continue to function almost uninterrupted.