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The British Phonographic Fifa 14 Ultimate Team Coins Industry (BPI) wants the biggest ISPsto block three popular filesharing sites, using the precedent setdown by its successful legal bid to force them to block the Pirate Bay in February 2012.

Fenopy, H33t and Kickass Torrents are, according to theBPI, illegally distributing copyrighted music via torrents. The BPIsent the request for the site to be blocked to six ISPs -- BT, Sky,Virgin Media, O2, EE and Talk Talk -- in a letter last week whichwas later leaked, according to the BBC. TheBPI says that it hopes the ISPs will put the block in place beforeChristmas, but the ISPs have replied to say that they'll onlycomply with the request if they receive a court order -- somethingwhich may be a lot easier in the light of the Pirate Baydecision.

Usually it takes longer to have a website blocked than a coupleof months, but that pesky Pirate Bay precedent has given rightsholders an easier way of requesting blocks. It might not evenrequre a court order -- if the ISPs feel that they would lose inany battle due to the precedent then it could open up the way fororganisations to request the takedowns of certain websites simplywith a legal threat. Since the ISPs have refused to voluntarilyblock the three sites, it remains to be seen whether the BPI willtry legal action.

It only took a few days after the blocking of the Pirate Bay forsites to be set up offering an easy way for people to get around thecourt-ordered ban, including a proxy set up by the site itself. InJuly, an anonymous source from an ISP revealed that the ban had had little to no effect onPirate Bay traffic, and for a few days after the ban the site hadreceived record traffic thanks to all the extra press coverage --and though the BBC quotes Nielsen figures to back up the BPI'scontention that traffic to the site has dropped, it's perfectlypossible that the traffic was either offset to other sites or thatvisitors are now accessing the Pirate Bay via proxy servers or withanonymising programmes like Tor in place, which could be hiddenfrom their statistics.