p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Corporate entertainment cartel efforts to force Swedish communications company Telenor to block  Norwegian customers from accessing The Pirate Bay have failed.

A court ruling states Telenor and other ISPs in Norway, “cannot be held liable for copyright violations that arise from illegal downloads and that a decision to block websites is better taken by the Norwegian authorities,” says The Local, going on »»»

Last year, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) convinced judges in Denmark to force Swedish internet service provider Tele2, to shut access to The Pirate Bay.

But Telenor argued that Norwegian legislation could not be applied in the same way as Danish law.

“You can not sue a ladder manufacturer because someone used one of his ladders to commit a burglary,”  Telenor spokesperson Atle Lessum told Verdens Gang before the hearing, says The Local.

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The Local – Norway court rejects calls to block Pirate Bay, November 7, 2009

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