British music industry (BPI) bids to block three more file-sharing sites

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By Loek Essers - Feb 19 - computerworld

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is seeking to block file-sharing sites Fenopy, H33t and Kickass Torrents, the BPI said on Tuesday.

"We are seeking court orders requiring ISPs to block access to three infringing websites," said BPI Director of Communications, Adam Liversage, in an email. The BPI wants the U.K. ISPs BT, Sky, Virgin Media, O2, Everything Everywhere and TalkTalk to block access to these sites, Liversage said.

"The matter is currently being considered by the court and it isn't appropriate to comment further at this point," he added.

BPI's bid to get court orders to block the torrent sites follows a ruling by the British High Court ordering U.K. ISPs to block access to The Pirate Bay in April last year. The ISPs were asked to block access voluntarily, but refused without court orders.

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I've never heard of those 3 sites so I checked each one and H33t and Kickass Torrents opened fine but Fenopy is already being blocked (I think by OpenDNS)

[Just17]

Fenopy.com resolves to fenopy.se here.

I did have to try an alternate browser to my main two .....  because I have tweaked those two for other purposes  and I could not get to fenopy with either 

[bicol_willem]

BPI = (greedy) losers! 

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enigmax - February 28, 2013 - torrentfreak

High Court Orders UK ISPs to Block Kickass Torrents, H33T and Fenopy

The website blocking phenomenon has continued today in the UK, with the High Court adding three major torrent sites to the country’s unofficial ban list. Following complaints from the music industry led by the BPI, the Court ordered the UK’s leading Internet service providers to begin censoring subscriber access to Kickass Torrents, H33T and Fenopy

Last year nine major record labels led by the BPI asked several of the UK’s leading ISPs to censor The Pirate Bay. The process concluded at the end of April 2012 when the High Court ordered the site to be blocked.

October 2012 and the labels were back for more, this time asking six ISPs (BT, Sky, Virgin Media, O2, EE and TalkTalk) to begin blocking three more leading BitTorrent sites under Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.

None of the ISPs offered to voluntarily block the sites without a court order, but none of them expressed a willingness to contest the industry’s demands either. This meant that the inevitable court hearing would be a streamlined affair resulting in success for the music industry. A little while ago that came to pass.

This morning the High Court in London ordered the country’s leading Internet service providers to begin blocking Kickass Torrents, H33T and Fenopy, a decision welcomed by the BPI.

“The growth of digital music in the UK is held back by a raft of illegal businesses commercially exploiting music online without permission,” said chief executive Geoff Taylor.

“Blocking illegal sites helps ensure that the legal digital market can grow and labels can continue to sign and develop new talent.”

https://torrentfreak.com/high-court-orders-uk-isps-to-block-kickass-torrents-h33t-and-fenopy-130228/

[Just17]

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I'm sure it will be just as effective as when they blocked The Pirate Bay.   

[agmg]

And not only... One site goes down, five new arise from its ashes...

[rastus]

I really hate to quote Star Wars, but this seems apt: I did think it was a modification of a piece of  Shakespearean dialogue,  but for once it seems the Bard didn't write it:

Princess Leia: "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."

[Nok]

And not only... One site goes down, five new arise from its ashes...

None of these sites have actually been closed. They have just attempted to block access from the UK ISPs  listed. They tried this with TPB a while ago, but if I enter a search for pirate bay proxy lists, there are hundreds of them.