In full controversy due to blockades ordered by LaLiga and the innocent pages affected, it is good to remember that this is not the first controversy related to the blocking of web pages in Spain. In its day, the so-called Sinde-Wert law marked the beginning of a new internet era, in which the blockade without a court order began to be possible. Thus was born the second section of the Intellectual Property Commission, under the Ministry of Culture, which can order pages blockages that violate the copyright directly and without trial.
Much has rained since then, and the second section has been mostly forgotten; Already in his day he doubted its effectiveness, and the arrival of new technologies such as ECH have greatly hindered their work. That does not mean that the second section has disappeared, much less, and now, Internet users will have a reminder every time they try to enter a blocked page.
And, for the first time since its creation, The second section finally has a simple way to inform visitors of a blocked page; Indeed, it seems a lie, but so far, that work remained in the hands of the operators, and therefore, each one did it in their own way (or directly did not). The variety of error messages causes confusion among users that do not understand why their favorite page does not load, possibly because they don’t even know that it is illegal.
That has ended with the new official page message blocked by the Ministry of Culture, as revealed bandancha.eu. From now on, when an operator blocks a page by order of the second section, will make a redirection towards a government page, blockedwhich is what contains the official message; In this way, it is avoided to modify the blocked page or allow access to display the message.
The page is quite basic but at least it is more understandable than the previous blockages. In red and capital letters, the message is shown “You are trying to access an illegal website”and an icon of a stop signal appears, making it clear that the locked site cannot be accessed.
Web page notice blocked by the Ministry of Culture
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The text shown below explains in a more detailed way what has happened, Relatizing the blocking process By resolution of the Second Section of the Intellectual Property Commission.
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The text also includes a Users notice From the illegal site blocked, warning that when accessing contents protected by intellectual property, they are “contributing to an illegal and criminal activity”, and that they are “putting their safety, that of their data and devices at risk.” Finally, the message recommends accessing “content of legal sources” because the user can contribute “to artistic creation, to the improvement of the cultural product and the development of the economy.”
Therefore, the government has decided not to attack the users of these services, although it reminds them that Pirate pages are illegal; At the moment, the Ministry of Culture has not raised the possibility of fine UPV users and other illegal services. In Italy, the maximum telecommunications regulator managed to include user fines in the controversial law of Piracy Shield, but so far has been unable to implement them due to the technical and legal difficulty it supposes.
