The Pirate Bay is a Swedish website that hosts links to download mostly-pirated free music, video and more.

Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media needs to prevent any of their users accessing the website.

"Sites like The Pirate Bay destroy jobs in the UK and undermine investment in new British artists," - The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) Said.

The BPI's chief executive Geoff Taylor Said: "The High Court has confirmed that The Pirate Bay infringes copyright on a massive scale"


"Its operators line their pockets by commercially exploiting music and other creative works without paying a penny to the people who crated them."


"This is wrong - musicians, sound engineers and video editors deserve to be paid for their work just like everyone else"




The ISPs said they would not block the site unless a court order was made. Virgin Media told the BBC they will now comply with the request.

"As a responsible ISP, Virgin Media complies with court orders addressed to the company but strongly believes that changing consumer behaviour to tackle copyright infringement also needs compelling legal alternatives such as our agreement with Spotify, to give consumers access to great content at the right price."

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The Pirate Bay Must Be Blocked By UK ISPs, Court Rules

The Pirate Bay is a Swedish website that hosts links to download mostly-pirated free music, video and more.

Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media needs to prevent any of their users accessing the website.

"Sites like The Pirate Bay destroy jobs in the UK and undermine investment in new British artists," - The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) Said.

The BPI's chief executive Geoff Taylor Said: "The High Court has confirmed that The Pirate Bay infringes copyright on a massive scale"


"Its operators line their pockets by commercially exploiting music and other creative works without paying a penny to the people who crated them."


"This is wrong - musicians, sound engineers and video editors deserve to be paid for their work just like everyone else"




The ISPs said they would not block the site unless a court order was made. Virgin Media told the BBC they will now comply with the request.

"As a responsible ISP, Virgin Media complies with court orders addressed to the company but strongly believes that changing consumer behaviour to tackle copyright infringement also needs compelling legal alternatives such as our agreement with Spotify, to give consumers access to great content at the right price."

'YouTube is the 3rd most
 popular website in the world'

As technology advances, and we become more dependant on the Internet, you really do have to question if in the years to come 'will TV become redundant?' Even now, in the year 2012 there are so many alternatives to watching programs on the TV. For example, some people do not have a favourite TV show anymore, they have a favourite channel on YouTube. RayWilliamJohnson, is the most subscribed person on YouTube (when you subscribe to a channel, it means that you will receive e-mails every time they post a video) he earns millions of dollars a year!

'WattieTV Logo'

YouTube is used for many things, tutorials, vlogs, gaming, reviews, etc. I have a friend who has a gaming channel (WattieTV) and I believe that his channel is coming along extremely well, and for anyone reading that wishes to view Alex's channel 'Click Here'. I believe that this is the future of media, not just this channel but the idea of being able to view a TV series online, where anybody can create and upload their own videos allows for their to be more variety out there. The reason I say this is because on TV is restricted in many ways, because the broadcasting companies (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, etc.) only have on the TV what they think will get the most views. So they are basing all of their judgments not on the quality of the program, but whether it will 'speak' to a wide audience. Although there are some disadvantages,  such as the fact that you will need at least a bandwidth speed of 2 MB/s to ensure that you could watch a video from YouTube without it having to buffer half way through the video, and also it is not as reliable as TV because you are relying on a channel to provide you with entertainment, and if they cannot upload for whatever reason, then you will not be provided with your entertainment. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, but overall I think that Internet channels, blogs, etc, (not just YouTube) will become the future of our viewing pleasure, where you can just simply subscribe to somebody who is providing you with something that you want to watch, and not just making do with some of the catastrophic programs that currently grace our televisions!

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Is YouTube the future dominant media?

'YouTube is the 3rd most
 popular website in the world'

As technology advances, and we become more dependant on the Internet, you really do have to question if in the years to come 'will TV become redundant?' Even now, in the year 2012 there are so many alternatives to watching programs on the TV. For example, some people do not have a favourite TV show anymore, they have a favourite channel on YouTube. RayWilliamJohnson, is the most subscribed person on YouTube (when you subscribe to a channel, it means that you will receive e-mails every time they post a video) he earns millions of dollars a year!

'WattieTV Logo'

YouTube is used for many things, tutorials, vlogs, gaming, reviews, etc. I have a friend who has a gaming channel (WattieTV) and I believe that his channel is coming along extremely well, and for anyone reading that wishes to view Alex's channel 'Click Here'. I believe that this is the future of media, not just this channel but the idea of being able to view a TV series online, where anybody can create and upload their own videos allows for their to be more variety out there. The reason I say this is because on TV is restricted in many ways, because the broadcasting companies (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, etc.) only have on the TV what they think will get the most views. So they are basing all of their judgments not on the quality of the program, but whether it will 'speak' to a wide audience. Although there are some disadvantages,  such as the fact that you will need at least a bandwidth speed of 2 MB/s to ensure that you could watch a video from YouTube without it having to buffer half way through the video, and also it is not as reliable as TV because you are relying on a channel to provide you with entertainment, and if they cannot upload for whatever reason, then you will not be provided with your entertainment. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, but overall I think that Internet channels, blogs, etc, (not just YouTube) will become the future of our viewing pleasure, where you can just simply subscribe to somebody who is providing you with something that you want to watch, and not just making do with some of the catastrophic programs that currently grace our televisions!

BBC have finally launched its successor BBC iPlayer on the Xbox 360.

The BBC iPlayer is now available on 450 platforms, including Virginmedia, Freeview, Sky, Sony Playstation, Nintendo Wii, and lots of other mobile phones. As you can see that the BBC iPlayer is blowing up as one of the best online tv catchup services.

Daniel Danker, BBC general manager, Programmes & On-Demand, said: “Xbox is hugely successful in the UK. Given the BBC’s goal to reach its entire audience, I’m particularly excited that the BBC will be bringing iPlayer to all Xbox users at no extra cost as part of Xbox LIVE’s free membership."


“As we continue our work to make BBC iPlayer as simple as possible, we’re also excited to experiment with natural user interfaces made possible with Kinect, including voice and gesture control. We believe it’s early days for these experiences, but see a great future working with partners such as Microsoft on innovations like these.”

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BBC iPlayer launches on Xbox 360

BBC have finally launched its successor BBC iPlayer on the Xbox 360.

The BBC iPlayer is now available on 450 platforms, including Virginmedia, Freeview, Sky, Sony Playstation, Nintendo Wii, and lots of other mobile phones. As you can see that the BBC iPlayer is blowing up as one of the best online tv catchup services.

Daniel Danker, BBC general manager, Programmes & On-Demand, said: “Xbox is hugely successful in the UK. Given the BBC’s goal to reach its entire audience, I’m particularly excited that the BBC will be bringing iPlayer to all Xbox users at no extra cost as part of Xbox LIVE’s free membership."


“As we continue our work to make BBC iPlayer as simple as possible, we’re also excited to experiment with natural user interfaces made possible with Kinect, including voice and gesture control. We believe it’s early days for these experiences, but see a great future working with partners such as Microsoft on innovations like these.”