A Turkish Court has banned internet users in Turkey from accessing blogs hosting service Blogger.com and any blogspot.com domain.
The court decision came after the Digiturk Company, a subscription based only digital TV platform owning the right to the live broadcasting of Turkish football league games, claimed that blogger.com had violated intellectual property rights after blogs provided links to pirated transmissions of live games.
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Turkey bans blogspot
A Turkish Court has banned internet users in Turkey from accessing blogs hosting service Blogger.com and any blogspot.com domain. The court decision came after the Digiturk Company, a subscription based only digital TV platform owning the right to the live broadcasting of Turkish football league games, claimed that blogger.com had violated intellectual property rights after […]
27 Oct 08
By Julia Farrington
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