Opinion: Rough justice for BT

Sooraj Shah
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Is it really fair that BT is being made to foot the bill for blocking illegal file-sharing site Newzbin2?

The High Court has used the Digital Economy Act (DEA) to order BT to block file sharing web site Newzbin2 and any future IP address or URL it may choose to use. BT has also been ordered to cover al...

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