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Pirate Sites Face a More Challenging Hosting Climate in Europe.


Under EU law, hosting companies are required to take action against pirate sites, as doing nothing can become quite costly.

ServerAstra’s co-founder and CTO, Andrew Azarov, informs us that so-called pirate sites are not welcome at their company and that they abide by strict rules, largely dictated by the Copyright Directive. “If there is no such information on the website or complaints are not responded to within a reasonable timeframe – the copyright owner or complainer with power of attorney may escalate to upstream hosting. Azarov notes that escalation could mean ServerAstra blocking an IP address or handing over the personal details of a customer to the complaining party.

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