The Case Against The Bell Coalitions Website Blocking Plan Part

The ineffectiveness of website blocking was perhaps best illustrated by an example from the MUSO report relied upon by the Bell coalition. Putlocker.is, which is identified by MUSO as sample streaming site, is on the blocklist in both Australia and the UK (both established through court rulings, not administrative hearings). Despite being blocked in Australia and the UK, SimilarWeb reports that site visits to Putlocker.is are greater in both Australia and the UK than in Canada. Canada is also declining faster as a traffic source than Australia, the UK, and the United States.

Michael Geist has been taking a close look at the Bell Website Blocking Plan in a series of posts on his website.

While they’re all great, I think this latest one really illustrates perfectly why we shouldn’t be doing this.