UK Police and PRS Shutdown Karaoke Torrent Site
Found on TorrentFreak on Saturday, 14 March 2015
The City of London's Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit and copyright and royalty group PRS for Music have teamed up for what appears to be a first-of-its-kind action. Arresting a 46-year-old man, this week police shutdown one of the Internet's few karaoke-focused BitTorrent trackers.
“The public needs to be aware that by accessing sites like this, they are putting money directly in the hands of criminals, which often then funds other serious organized crime, as well as putting their own financial and personal details at risk of being compromised and used for other fraudulent scams,” PIPCU chief Detective Chief Inspector Danny Medlycott said in a statement.
Once again, filesharers are labelled as criminals, not fans who like music. City of London's Corporate Police has nothing better to do than to make music less and less enjoyable. At least music with big labels behind it, what only makes free music more interesting.