Last week the UK High Court ruled that several of the country’s leading ISPs must block subscriber access to The Pirate Bay. The decision is designed to limit traffic to the world’s leading BitTorrent site but in the short-term it had the opposite effect. Yesterday, The Pirate Bay had 12 million more visitors than it has ever had, providing a golden opportunity to educate users on how to circumvent blocks.

Factual correction: the ruling came this week.

Works off your IP address and consults what looks like a database of those seen downloading files. Registered to "XMLSHOP LLC" in Trevrose, Pa. Obviously, will get lots wrong through (a) shared IPs (b) not having you on the database.

This seems a scaled up version of the speculative invoicing scheme mastered by ACS:Law – although these alleged filesharers apparently settle for $2,500 each on average.

"After being honored with an Oscar for best motion picture last year, the makers of The Hurt Locker have now also secured the award for the biggest file-sharing lawsuit the world has ever witnessed. By targeting at least 24,583 alleged BitTorrent users, Voltage Pictures hopes to recoup millions of dollars in settlements to compensate the studio for piracy-related losses."<br />
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More likely to go to lawyers.