After promising a strong response to piracy for several years, Indonesia has finally taken action against The Pirate Bay. Along with fellow torrent index IsoHunt.to, the site is among almost two dozen others now ordered by the Ministry of Communications to be blocked at the ISP level.
After being accused of doing little to stop piracy both on and offline, in 2009 Indonesia was placed on the USTR’s Priority Watch List for failing to protect US intellectual property rights.
In 2011 the Indonesian government announced that it would begin to take tough measures, including having local ISPs block the most-visited sites.
“The plan is to block famous sites, like 4shared for example,” Communication Minister Tifatul Sembiring said at the time.
Four years later (and after blocking sites including Reddit, Imgur and Vimeo on decency grounds) Indonesia is finally taking action against sites that infringe copyrights.
Following the signing last month of a Joint Ministerial Decree intended to protect film producers, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has ordered almost two dozen domains to be blocked at the ISP level.
While there is a nod to U.S. concerns with a blockade of both ThePirateBay.se and Isohunt.to, the remainder (list below) are sites frequented mainly by locals. 4shared is not among them.
Read the rest here:
https://torrentfreak.com/indonesia-blocks-the-pirate-bay-isohunt-others-150820/