It has been ruled  by the high court in England that the UK internet service providers such as Everything Everywhere, O2, Sky, TalkTalk, and Virgin Media must block access to the Pirate Bay web site within the next few weeks according to the Associated Press reports.The Pirate Bay over the years has been synonymous in relation to downloading copyright material.  The Pirate Bay has vowed to fight this decision. So far O2,TalkTalk and Virgin Media have agreed to comply with the decision. Bt has asked for a “few more weeks” to consider its response . There has been no comment from the other isps. But it is expected that all the six internet service providers will comply.This legal action was launched by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) over allegations that the web site infringes the copyright of UK musicians, which has resulted in a reduction of revenue for them over the years. This decision to ban this web site follows a ruling last year against Newzbin2, another file-sharing site.

The high court has been rather short sighted in its approach to this, because anyone who wants to download copyright content will do so either via another site, which there are many of or they will gain access to The Pirate Bay via a number of  alternative methods that are available. So consequently this court decision will amount to hardly nothing more than a token gesture in the fight against copyright infringement.