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In the first decision of its kind in the UK, the High Court has held that an Internet Service Provider ("ISP"), in this case BT, must block its customers from accessing an unlawful file sharing site (www.newzbin.com) on the basis that, under s97A Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ("CDPA"), BT had "actual knowledge" of its customers using its service to infringe copyright (in this case the copyright in films and television programmes owned by certain well-known studios
