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The Philippines will 11 Launched a plan to block pirated websites

2023-10-18

After years of lobbying and behind-the-scenes discussions, The Philippines will 2023 years 11 Launched its piracy site blocking program in October. National Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) Signed a new memorandum of understanding, Internet service providers have agreed to voluntarily block sites deemed to infringe copyright, No court order is required.

2023 years 9 month, The Philippines celebrates the development of creative industries, Specially set up "Creative Industries Month" . The most important thing is, The government has responded with a long-awaited report "gift" .

IPOPHL announce, The country's plan to block websites is about to become a reality. The agency's director, Rovell．Barba (Rowel Barba) A memorandum was signed, The memorandum will be 11 Effective late October.

As part of the deal, Internet service providers will voluntarily block access to known piracy sites. These plans are not new, The Philippines signed a similar memorandum of understanding more than two years ago, But it never took effect.

New mask protocol

The new mou is a revised agreement between the Philippine government and Internet service providers in the country. This is long 4 The document sets the rules for an administrative plan to block pirated websites, No court supervision is required.

The basics of the plan are fairly straightforward——The copyright owner can submit a site blocking request, It is then sent to a dedicated evaluator, The latter will review all the details and work in 5 Make a decision within days.

If the blocking request is approved, Internet service providers will be notified, In order to implement appropriate shielding measures. This can be as simple as masking the nameservers (DNS) inquire, Disable global resource locator (URL) , will IP Address blacklisting, Or a combination of them.

After receiving the blocking notification, Internet service providers will have 2 Days of time to implement shielding.

The memo said: "Upon receipt of the request, Internet service providers should be in 48 Implement an efficient and effective website blocking mechanism within hours, To prevent its users from accessing the site under complaint. "

Objection allowed

The operators of targeted websites will also be informed of the blocking measures and allowed to appeal. If the website operator does not have a contact address, They can IPOPHL A copy of the blocking request is found on the website, These copies will all end up in IPOPHL On the website.

same, Internet service providers can also share any concerns they have, To prevent future problems.

Although these types of administrative blocking schemes are not uncommon, But it is not common in Asia. All parties involved hope this will help curb rampant piracy in the Philippines, More than half of consumers in the Philippines admit to using piracy services.

An earlier version of the memo proposed a more complex system, And by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Act as middleman. NTC Remains a signatory to this new version, But it does not have to review all requests individually.

Hollywood "observe"

The new administrative web blocking program is part of the Philippines' effort to combat piracy, merely, These efforts were supported by the Motion Picture Association of America in Hollywood (MPA) Close attention, The association is IPOPHL call "Business partner" .

Earlier this year, There are reports that, MPA with IPOPHL An agreement was signed, In order to formulate "Rolling website blocking system" , The main focus is on disrupting access to pirate websites. That sounds similar to the deal just announced by the Philippines.

To sum up, The Philippines joins others already worldwide 40 A blocking plan adopted by multiple countries, Some progress has been made in the fight against piracy. It is interesting that, At home in Hollywood——America, Site blocking is not yet a viable option. (Be compiled from torrentfreak. com)

TRANSLATORS: Wang Dan　proofread: Rason group

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