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Record companies win first round v The Pirate Bay in the UK but pirates remain at large

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 24 2012

In a decision handed down by Mr Justice Arnold on 20 February 2012, the High Court finds that UK users of The Pirate Bay website are liable for copyright infringement for communicating copyrighted sound recordings to the public and that the operators of The Pirate Bay authorise infringements of copyright by its users and are jointly liable for these copyright infringements (Dramatico Entertainment Limited & others v British Sky Broadcasting Limited & others 2012 EWHC 268 (Ch