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Indian customs have been ordered to block the import of smartphones or other devices that potentially infringe on Ericsson patents until further notice.
ISPs have already been ordered to block access to one of the best-known websites, Pirate Bay, which operates out of Sweden, and Newzbin1 which was blocked in 2011.
Several countries ISPs have also been ordered to block The Pirate Bay, although political activists at Europe's Pirate Parties continue to offer proxy-based workarounds.
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The central pens of the Leppings Lane terrace were full, but no officers were ordered to block the tunnel leading to those pens and direct supporters to the sides, where there was still room.
The ruling leaves the door open to further action within the Svea Court of Appeal, where it is possible Bredbandsbolaget could still be ordered to block the Pirate Bay, as is the case for many ISPs across Europe.
And recently, when the music file-sharing service Napster was ordered to block the access it provided to copyrighted music, some users began renaming titles in a form of pig Latin to confuse the filter.
In the UK, five leading ISPs – Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, O2 and Everything Everywhere – were ordered to block access to The Pirate Bay in April 2012 by the high court, after a case brought by music industry body the BPI.
During this ban, telephone companies were ordered to block WhatsApp indefinitely, but the higher court's decision undid the ban within a matter of hours.
The mobile network operator A1 Telekom Austria was ordered to block access to the site for its subscribers by the Commercial Court of Vienna earlier this month.
It follows the US's closure of Megaupload, and several European ISPs (internet service providers) being ordered to block access to The Pirate Bay.
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