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Another issue for the music industry are cyberlockers, which are deliberately designed to encourage and reward users to upload music and other valuable copyright material, and illegally share links to it with others who can then illegally download it.
The sites that are now banned include 2conv, flvto, 2Convert, H2Converter, H2Download, Flv2mp3, Flvtool and Ytbapi. Cyberlocker Nitroflare was also included in the block. Of course, blocking a cloud storage solution could have far-reaching consequences for widely-used options like Apple’s iCloud, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox and more, however, the record labels argued that Nitroflare is “essentially structured for infringement” and therefore an exception had to be made.
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Under the umbrella of the BPI, major and independent recording labels in the UK have announced a key victory in their fight against so-called stream-ripping sites and tools. Following a two-year process, this morning a judge at London s High Court ordered major ISPs to block access to several platforms, including two of the most popular - Flvto and 2Conv.
As reported earlier this month, a group of record labels under the umbrella of the British Recorded Music Industry Ltd (BPI) and Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL), appeared at the High Court with a request for the country’s major ISPs to block several stream-ripping sites.