Minister Lord McNally admitted he still received unwanted messages despite paying for a "blocking" scheme, but promised more help for consumers.

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Boasberg said in his decision that he would issue a permanent injunction blocking the IRS registration scheme.

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The government is also considering the feasibility of more widespread site blocking, including looking at the possibility of a voluntary scheme between ISPs and rightsholders.

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Because it is peer to peer and uses an encryption scheme it is very hard to write a simple rule for blocking it.

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