Swedish ISP Protests 'Site Blocking' by Blocking Rightsholders Website Too - TorrentFreak
peter.suber's bookmarks 2018-11-04
Summary:
"Today, Bahnhof announced that it has been ordered to block the sites in question....
The result, starting today, is that sci-hub.tw, sci-hub.mu, sci-hub.se, libgen.io, and several other domains are being blocked by the ISP. But Bahnhof wouldn’t be Bahnhof if it went down without a fight.
The company has no faith in an expensive appeal, which another ISP lost last year in a similar blocking case. However, it does have another ace up its sleeve. Now that they are blocking anyway, they can easily an extra domain name to make a point.
So, in addition, Bahnhof has gone ahead and banned its visitors from accessing the official Elsevier.com website as well. Elsevier wanted a site blockade – it now has one...."