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UPD BPI Preparing to Ask Big UK ISPs to Block 25 More Internet Piracy Sites

15th May, 2013 - 3:58 pm (14 Comments)

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) appears to be preparing for another run of court orders after music licensing firm PPL revealed a new list of 25 website domains, which are all accused of facilitating copyright infringement (internet piracy), that the UK music body would like broadband ISPs to block.

Musicmetric Data Claims ISP Blocking of Piracy Sites Has Limited Impact

1st March, 2013 - 9:19 am (0 Comments)

Analyst firm Musicmetric has published new data to show that court ordered website blocks (censorship) imposed by broadband ISPs in the United Kingdom against internet piracy websites (e.g. The Pirate Bay) have had “little impact” on “illegal” BitTorrent based file sharing (P2P) activity.

UPD ORG Intervenes to Stop More O2 UK Internet Piracy Settlement Letters

16th November, 2012 - 9:07 am (2 Comments)

The Open Rights Group (ORG) has applied for permission to intervene in a court case between Golden Eye International, which holds the copyrights for various adult films (Ben Dover), and O2 UK. The move could potentially help to stop up to 6,000 of the ISPs customers receiving dubious internet piracy claim letters.

ISP BE Broadband and O2 UK Start Blocking Newzbin2 Piracy Website

15th October, 2012 - 9:01 am (2 Comments)

It took longer than most but O2 (BE Broadband) has now finally implemented a network-wide block (censorship) that prevents its customers from accessing the NewzBin2 (NewzBin) website, which London’s High Court last year deemed to be responsible for facilitating internet piracy (copyright infringement).

Small Claims Track Makes Court Best for Handling UK Internet Piracy Cases

1st October, 2012 - 1:29 pm (0 Comments)

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has today introduced a new small claims track to the Patents County Court (PCC) that should make it easier for UK internet users to defend themselves against dubious claims of file sharing piracy. Rights Holders will also find the process a lot cheaper.

Musicmetric Reveals Top 10 UK Cities and Countries for Internet Music Piracy

17th September, 2012 - 9:46 am (3 Comments)

Musicmetric has released its first Digital Music Index (DMI), which used 18 million observations of P2P activity on BitTorrent file sharing networks to identify that the majority of albums listed are not legal (internet piracy). It also found that people in Manchester (UK) were the biggest downloaders of “illegal” music and that attempts by ISPs to block piracy websites haven’t worked.

No Surprise as Birmingham University Reveals P2P File Sharers are Monitored

5th September, 2012 - 9:07 am (1 Comment)

New research from Birmingham University UK has confirmed that most public BitTorrent (P2P) file sharers have their file transfers monitored by a third party organisation, such as Rights Holders for the purpose of taking copyright enforcement action against broadband ISPs and their customers. But the data collected is far from reliable.

Game of Whack a Mole Continues as Big UK ISPs Block More Pirate Bay IPs

24th July, 2012 - 10:52 am (7 Comments)

Several of the UK’s largest six ISPs, including Sky Broadband, Virgin Media and TalkTalk, have added more IP addresses to their controversial court ordered block of The Pirate Bay website. But the site, which was blocked for helping to facilitate internet piracy, has already responded by adding yet more addresses.

UPD GoldenEye Send UK Internet Piracy Claim Letters to 2845 O2 Customers

24th July, 2012 - 2:07 am (1 Comment)

Consumer Focus has today confirmed that Golden Eye International, which holds copyrights for adult films and is linked to the UK’s Ben Dover brand, will shortly begin sending the first of 2,845 internet piracy claim letters to O2′s UK broadband customers. But this figure is much smaller than their original target.

Big UK ISP Claims the The Pirate Bay Block Had Little Impact on P2P Traffic

16th July, 2012 - 10:40 am (3 Comments)

One of the country’s largest broadband ISPs has revealed that the recent censorship of The Pirate Bay website has had only a short-lived impact upon overall P2P file sharing traffic, with data volumes dipping 11% immediately after the ban before returning “pretty much back to where they were before“.

More P2P Internet Piracy Sites Named for Court Ordered UK ISP Censorship

7th July, 2012 - 7:54 am (6 Comments)

Music licensing firm PPL appears to have revealed a list of new websites, which are accused of file sharing (P2P) based copyright infringement (internet piracy), that the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) will shortly attempt to have blocked via major broadband ISPs in the UK.

BT Becomes Last Big UK Broadband ISP to Block The Pirate Bay Website

20th June, 2012 - 7:35 am (22 Comments)

BT yesterday become the last of the big UK based broadband ISPs to block The Pirate Bay website following a court order, which has been preceded by identical moves from Sky Broadband, Everything Everywhere (Orange UK and T-Mobile), TalkTalk, O2, BE Broadband and Virgin Media. But what comes next?

UK ISP Fluidata Slams Outdated Music Industry for Pirate Bay Blockade

15th June, 2012 - 10:02 am (4 Comments)

Business ISP Fluidata has criticised the UK music industry for forcing the country’s big broadband providers into blocking access to The Pirate Bay website, which is accused of facilitating unlawful P2P internet piracy, instead of updating their own “out of date” business models to address the real problems.

UK ISP TalkTalk Blocks Customers from Viewing The Pirate Bay Website

11th June, 2012 - 5:45 pm (3 Comments)

Budget internet provider TalkTalk has this week joined Sky Broadband, Orange UK (Everything Everywhere), O2 UK (BE Broadband) and Virgin Media in preventing their customers from being able to view The Pirate Bay website over internet copyright infringement (piracy) abuse. BT is expected to follow.