High Court rules ISPs should block major music piracy sites
01-03-2021
06-01-2017
The UK music industry has secured blocking injunctions against the UK’s most notorious music stream-ripping sites and a related cyberlocker service.
The English High Court heard arguments from record label umbrellas the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) on February 3, relating to the damage major music piracy websites have on the legal music streaming business.
It ruled that the websites infringed on record label copyrights and ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to them.
Key offenders cited in the case were cyberlocker Nitroflare and popular stream-ripping sites Flyto and 2Conv. Together, the websites attract more than a billion visits a year.