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Spanish Court Orders ISPs To Block Seven Torrent Sites

BARCELONA, Spain (CelebrityAccess) — A Spanish court has ordered the nation’s Internet providers to restrict access to a number of torrent sites that appear to be used for widespread copyright infringement.

According to Spain’s recorded music industry body Promusicae, the sites include Masquetorrent.com, Isohunt.to, 1337x.to, Limetorrents.cc, Torlock.com. Torrentfunk.com and Extratorrent.cd.

Promusicae took particular note of the site 1337x.to which sees more than 85 million visits over the past year, had risen to 274 worldwide in the Alexa ranking, according to data compiled by SimilarWeb.

Torrent sites allow people to share and download digital content, including material that is copyrighted without creating a central archive that is easily targetable by law enforcement.

The president of Promusicae, Antonio Guisasola said in a translated statement, “The recent action of the justice is decisively contributing to end the era of impunity [for offenders’.”

“In the end, the efforts of creators and producers do not fall on deaf ears. Beyond the harsh generalized economic crisis, the music industry has suffered a difficult time that destroyed tens of thousands of jobs and put at serious risk the very development of our cultural fabric. The decisive changes implemented to favor new and more accessible modes of consumption require the backing of administrative and judicial authorities to rid themselves of the unfair competition of fraudulent businesses and resolutions such as this show that we are all moving in the right direction,” he added.

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