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"The Pirate Bay has seen an influx of traffic since the High Court ruled that UK internet service providers (ISPs) must block the website. A spokesperson for the file-sharing service said that visitor figures rose by 12 million following the media frenzy that the case attracted, TorrentFreak understands. &amp;quot;Thanks to the High Court and the fact that the news was on the BBC, we had 12 million more visitors yesterday than we had ever had before,&amp;quot; said the Pirate Bay in a statement. &amp;quot;We should write a thank-you note to the BPI [British Phonographic Industry].&amp;quot;  The Pirate Bay, the world&amp;#039;s largest file-sharing site, stands accused of enabling and encouraging the mass illegal distribution of copyrighted content, including movies, music and TV shows.  Virgin Media this week became the first ISP to block the Pirate Bay, with BT, Sky, TalkTalk, O2 and Everything Everywhere expected to follow suit. However, the site&amp;#039;s organisers have pointed out that it is relatively easy for users to sidestep the ban, posting on its homepage and various mirror sites. The Pirate Bay has vowed to &amp;quot;fight&amp;quot; the High Court ruling, calling itself the &amp;quot;good guys&amp;quot; because it supports grassroots music. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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