Although The Pirate Bay is no longer the most visited ‘pirating’ site on the internet, it is the most recognisable site for users wanting to download material for free. As a result, the website has been the target of dozens of legal processes to take the site down and remove it from the public eye.
Despite all the direct actions to take the site down (all of which have failed), the torrent index finds itself regularly listed in lawsuits and blocking orders given to Internet Service Providers (ISP) to prevent access to the site.
In 2015 Spain was added to this of blocking attempts when Vodafone admitted it had received a government complaint and it made the site’s main domain inaccessible.
According to the Ministry of Culture and Sport, between June of 2014 and November 2018, various procedures were put in place to block several domains, all associated with The Pirate Bay, including domains ending in .se, .org & .net.
Now it appears the Spanish government is attempting to finish the job.
Adriana Moscoso del Prado, general director of Cultural Industries and Cooperation at the Ministry of Culture and Sports stated “This massive blocking of web pages that, under the brand ThePirateBay, were illegally using the rights of our artists and creators, has an exemplary value for us because it shows that even with the greatest pirates who try repeatedly to circumvent the mechanisms of defence of copyright, the system of the Anti-Piracy Commission works”.
The Spanish government has ordered local internet service providers to block their subscribers from accessing more than 60 domains that are allegedly links to the main Pirate Bay site. Notifications were sent to ISPs yesterday and give the ISPs just 72 hours to comply. This means that The Pirate Bay should be no longer accessible to Spanish internet users by the end of this week.
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