VAP tries to block movie streaming portal

An anti piracy outlet backed by Hollywood is trying to force a major Internet Service Provider to block access to a highly popular movie streaming portal. VAP is hoping that by forcing UPC to block Kino.to site, other site blockades will soon follow.

UPC has already gained notoriety for refusing to toe the line in Ireland over the 3 strikes debacle stirred up by the Irish Music Industry, but they are not the first ISP to be put under increasing pressure from the movie and music industry giants seeking to censor access to file sharing websites.

VAP has also approached a number of other ISPs in an attempt to block access to Kino.to, but along with UPC, Internet Service Providers Austria were also not terribly interested in the proposal. As far as they were concerned, ISPs are only carriers of information and therefore the request has no legal grounds. And as the ISPs correctly pointed out, rights holders would do better to spend their time thinking up more innovative business models to generate income than chasing file sharers through the courts.

However, VAP remains undeterred and has already announced its determination to force ISPs to do its bidding.