Last week, the High Court ruled that 5 of the UK's biggest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) (Sky, Everything Everywhere, O2, Talk Talk and Virgin Media) must take steps to block their users accessing Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay ("TPB"), after the matter was brought before the court by the British Phonographic Industry ("BPI"). BT, the sixth defendant in the case, has requested more time to consider its position.
TPB was launched in 2003 and provides links to pirated videos and music files. In July 2011, BPI asked TPB to take down music that infringed its members’ copyright. Having ...