Websites that mainly offer pirated content - which could include
well-known file-sharing site The Pirate Bay - might be blocked by
all Internet service providers here in the future.
This could pan out if holders of the copyrights to the content -
such as music, movies and books - apply to the High Court to block
access to such pirate sites, under proposed changes to the
Copyright Act by the Ministry of Law.
On Monday, the ministry put out a consultation paper to seek public
feedback on the amendments, which are planned to be made by the end
of the year.
The changes target websites that blatantly disregard or clearly
infringe copyrights. However, legitimate search engines and
content-sharing sites, such as Google and YouTube, will not be
affected.
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