{"id":22758,"date":"2022-07-12T06:38:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T10:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=22758"},"modified":"2022-07-12T06:38:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T10:38:05","slug":"uk-mobile-network-ee-to-block-pirate-music-mobile-sites-and-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/07\/12\/uk-mobile-network-ee-to-block-pirate-music-mobile-sites-and-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"UK mobile network EE to block pirate music mobile sites and apps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EE is to become the first UK mobile network to block access to pirate music websites.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Music-industry body the British Phonographic Institute successfully petitioned the courts to block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay in 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The High Court then ordered home-broadband providers, including EE, to block more than 70 websites that allow people to download music illegally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And EE now plans to extend this ban to its mobile network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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EE, Vodafone, Three, and O2 have been approached for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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‘Make millions’<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Online piracy costs the record industry \u00a3200m a year, the BPI says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Its lawyer Kiaron Whitehead said: “A quarter of people now connect to the internet over 3G, 4G and 5G rather than broadband and wi-fi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“That growth brings with it the risk of increased music piracy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The operators of these pirate sites make millions of pounds a year, without a penny going to the creators of the music they exploit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We are therefore pleased that EE – which was the first mobile network to launch 5G to the UK population – has now become the first mobile network to block pirate sites.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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‘Engaged consumers’<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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But Chris Elkins, co-founder and chief business development officer at Muso, a data company measuring unlicensed demand for digital content, told BBC News combating piracy was about more than simply blocking websites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“One of the things we’ve found is there needs to be a combination of legal effort and site blocking,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Website blocking is really important… it needs to become routine and more cost-effective and part of the arsenal that all media companies can utilise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“And the legal offer – such as Spotify – is an example of a really positive service that has engaged consumers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“It’s about enforcing, making sure the piracy is harder to find, and creating stronger and stronger legal offers that the audience can engage with.”<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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