Film industry takes action to prevent illegal downloads

28 June 2011 Last updated at 02:57 ET Help

The film industry is taking action to block access to a website which, it says, promotes piracy.

In a legal first, the Motion Picture Association wants to force BT to stop its customers from visiting Newzbin, which provides links to pirate versions of films, music and TV.

Rory Cellan-Jones reports.

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