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Originally Posted by murraypaul
I broadly agree with you, at a matter of principle.
The key is that the sites are not defendents, the ISPs are.
In these cases, the courts have accepted that there is no point trying to join the sites as parties, as there is no reasonable belief that they would take part in proceedings if there were invited. That would not be the case for a 'normal' site.
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Was this case heard by a specialist IPR court? If it was, the judge would himself be an expert in IP law, and hence well qualified to make a decision on the matter.