ISP COURT ORDER: DATA SHOWS BLOCKING PIRATE SITES HAS LITTLE IMPACT

Written by Doug | Mar 1, 2013 5:00:00 AM

The six biggest UK internet service providers were yesterday told to block access to three websites offering pirated media, but data shows that similar efforts last year had little effect and did not reduce file-sharing. The ruling at the High Court in London means ISPs such as Sky and BT must block Kickass Torrents, H33T and Fenopy which allow users to obtain music and films without paying the license holders. But data from global analysts Musicmetric, measuring the consumption of Bit Torrent files, showed there was little impact following a court order banning the Pirate Bay website last April. The Digital Music Index (DMI), the most comprehensive ever report into digital music, showed file sharing to be increasing globally, driven by Latin America. The DMI did show that legal services like iTunes and Spotify were reducing piracy in the UK and US. Musicmetric will be carefully monitoring the latest developments over the coming weeks. Numbers and graphs are below. Gregory Mead, chief executive of Semetric, owners of Musicmetric said: “While our data does show a decrease in BitTorrent downloads in the U.S. last year, it also shows that it is increasing significantly in emerging markets such as Brazil and India and is on track to pass the US in the near future. “Data around the blocking of Pirate Bay in the UK last April showed little negative impact on file sharing, which would have been due to the slew of copy-cat sites set up on proxy servers. Blocking websites isn’t as simple as shutting down a market stall selling copied videos or CDs, and web pirates can be very slippery. “We will be carefully monitoring this latest event to measure the effect. “However, the strong wording in yesterday’s judgment could help the entertainment industry take stronger action against copyright theft although what is clear is that making legal services available can really help. “The key thing is for the industry to find ways of engaging with fans and using data on all online media consumption will enable firms to connect with their fans and drive up revenue as more and more consume music and films digitally.” The full report can be downloaded from http://cloudcommunicationsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Musicmetric-Digital-Music-Index-DMI-report-2012.pdf More at www.musicmetric.com Piracy across the world

Date	Global Weekly Downloads	Brazil Weekly Downloads	US Weekly Downloads
04/12/2011	13,140,840	420,029	3,717,649
11/12/2011	13,915,857	450,485	3,787,401
18/12/2011	13,885,949	501,693	3,611,065
25/12/2011	13,457,179	504,818	3,640,558
01/01/2012	13,212,959	409,574	3,717,514
08/01/2012	12,613,066	407,702	3,337,186
15/01/2012	12,925,497	476,884	3,415,894
22/01/2012	12,860,760	517,667	3,361,918
29/01/2012	13,100,110	565,119	3,292,759
05/02/2012	11,403,912	496,869	2,771,580
12/02/2012	11,492,984	502,776	2,743,213
19/02/2012	11,982,093	509,644	2,986,615
26/02/2012	10,721,086	472,019	2,648,542
04/03/2012	11,399,711	569,031	2,755,912
11/03/2012	11,350,194	565,076	2,699,534
18/03/2012	10,980,396	612,609	2,535,695
25/03/2012	9,841,878	550,088	2,387,850
01/04/2012	10,028,939	577,062	2,480,166
08/04/2012	10,172,170	554,408	2,535,701
15/04/2012	9,799,323	514,421	2,425,890
22/04/2012	9,238,098	480,798	2,358,392
29/04/2012	8,890,948	481,021	2,279,034
06/05/2012	10,957,839	662,881	2,580,681
13/05/2012	13,091,357	700,328	3,108,721
20/05/2012	11,831,770	633,567	2,699,100
27/05/2012	10,401,859	582,819	2,396,178
03/06/2012	12,749,810	690,315	2,972,226
10/06/2012	12,990,251	744,966	2,982,613
17/06/2012	11,976,283	671,858	2,775,643
24/06/2012	9,855,103	558,109	2,309,805
01/07/2012	9,474,643	534,508	2,199,083
08/07/2012	9,307,381	533,873	2,152,403
15/07/2012	8,959,418	508,341	2,024,311
22/07/2012	8,900,379	497,057	1,987,434
29/07/2012	9,442,626	552,077	2,155,633
05/08/2012	12,190,374	752,440	2,974,236
12/08/2012	13,166,960	835,179	3,136,822
19/08/2012	12,528,726	819,768	2,915,920
26/08/2012	11,928,829	774,743	2,694,250
02/09/2012	10,850,270	697,520	2,334,116
09/09/2012	11,491,918	730,781	2,536,089
16/09/2012	11,675,382	771,212	2,468,425
23/09/2012	11,685,884	784,609	2,483,338
30/09/2012	11,453,744	766,216	2,393,489
07/10/2012	10,815,318	732,989	2,155,766
14/10/2012	13,626,663	900,694	2,765,244
21/10/2012	14,567,144	1,003,292	2,988,825
28/10/2012	14,709,527	1,024,327	3,017,784
04/11/2012	13,998,052	968,146	2,702,377
11/11/2012	13,827,090	973,420	2,753,933
18/11/2012	13,216,565	939,074	2,613,678
25/11/2012	12,655,222	900,390	2,582,057

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