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"Sky Broadband has blocked file-sharing website The Pirate Bay ahead of its deadline of June 1. Virgin Media and Everything Everywhere had already taken similar action following a High Court ruling condemning the Swedish organisation for facilitating illegal downloads. &amp;quot;We have invested billions of pounds in high-quality entertainment for our customers because we know how much our customers value it,&amp;quot; read a statement from Sky.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s therefore important that companies like ours do what they can, alongside the government and the rest of the media and technology industries, to help protect their copyright.&amp;quot;  O2 and TalkTalk are expected to follow suit with deadlines looming. BT has been given extra time to implement the measures necessary to make the website inaccessible. However, Pirate Bay reportedly has &amp;quot;hundreds&amp;quot; of alternate IP addresses at the ready to circumvent the ban, and is ready to play an extended game of &amp;quot;whac-a-mole&amp;quot; with its opponents. Court action was taken against the service following complaints spearheaded by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The BPI are yet to confirm whether they will take action to block the alternate IPs. Sky blocked access to the Newzbin 2 website following a similar court ruling in December last year. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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