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Pirate Site Blocking Can't Prevent Pay TV Subscriber Decline in Uruguay
Andy Maxwell, 06 Aug 10:58 PM

According to the latest Freedom House report, citizens of the United States benefit from robust freedoms of expression and a wide array of other civil liberties. For that, the country receives a score of 83/100.

With just 3.4 million citizens, the relatively tiny country of Uruguay receives 96/100 and, while it's certainly not perfect, it does a lot of things right. Given that the United States is currently mulling the introduction of a pirate site-blocking program, lawmakers may like to take a look at Uruguay's program. Not necessarily the implementation, but the government's dedication to transparency.

Fox Networks Blocked RojaDirecta

The first pirate site blockade in Uruguay was back in 2018. Fox Networks Group Latin America filed a criminal case against popular sports streaming portal RojaDirecta and a court ultimately instructed local ISPs to block the site. Fox described the ruling as "the beginning of judicial awareness on online piracy issues."

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