Judge Varda Plaut of the Central District Court has ordered Dan Asulin to remove websites horadot.net and horadot2.net (horadot is downloads in Hebrew) and also Moviesdot.net.
The sites provided file sharing and Asulin was sued by the Organization for Protecting Intellectual Property in Film and TV Creation, together with various International studios and film companies.
Asulin was fined 200,000 NIS and a further 30,000 NIS Costs.Perhaps more importantly he was ordered to take down the site, was banned from performing any action with any of the of the creations of the plaintiffs,and forbidden to set up downloading sites at other addresses.
The case is T.A. 703/ o809 A.L.I.S. the Organization for Protecting Cinematographical Creations (1993) LTD> and others vs. Dan Asulin.
Whilst refraining from and not condoning illegal downloads, we think the Israeli approach of going after the owners of such sites rather than going after Internet Service Providers or the student / housewife down-loaders as in the US, is a healthier way to go.
Israel does not (yet) have a pirate party, but with the rediculous direct proportional voting system we have here, coupled to the general disatisfaction of main parties and the 2% of anarchists as elsewhere, I would not be surprised if overly aggressive punshments wouldn’t cause a backlash as has happened in other countries.
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