“All this that the General Inspection of Cultural Activities (IGAC) is to do no more than show off, because they know very well that by blocking or not, people access to sites in it. Users simply use other mechanisms (proxies, TOR, DNS changes, other torrent sites) to access the information they want. What makes it so manages a game of ‘cat and mouse’ whose sole purpose will be to continue to pretend that the farmers of culture still provide some service to society or culture, “says the JN Andrew Rose founder and general secretary of the Party Movement Portuguese Pirate (MPPP).
The IGAC argues that the ban seeks websites that are dedicated” the spread of links that provide access to videos, games, magazines or music pirates “. The notification was sent under a memorandum of understanding signed in late July, by several entities, sponsored by State Culture secretariat, which joined IGAC, representatives of telecom operators, the film industry, and fighting associations to piracy.
The document in question is not well seen by the MPPP. “We are against any kind of censorship and this is just one more. In our view (and has even been proven in court) the law only prohibits the uploading of content, ie, agreeing or not with the law, it only punishes who put their contents in sharing sites (and not pirates to sell). Also because these sites do not share only content protected by copyright “, explains André Rosa.
According to this official,” the so-called “piracy” or sharing of copyright-protected content, not affect anything the authors or creators. “It harms only the intermediaries that these rather steal money from creators and artists blatant, and those who want not adapt new technologies. This is because the Internet has replaced those same intermediate. “
It should be noted that, based on the Memorandum of Understanding, operators should proceed to the blockade of pirate sites 15 days after being notified. Which means the accused will be inaccessible for almost all Portuguese domestic access.
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