Fifty-three piracy websites, including The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents and Solarmovie.sc have been blocked in Singapore following the most sweeping action taken by copyright holders here in more than a decade.
Last month, the Singapore High Court ordered Internet service providers (ISPs) Singtel, StarHub, M1, MyRepublic and ViewQwest to block these 53 sites, which were found to be "flagrantly infringing" intellectual property.
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