Former pirate site FilesTube is to be taken off the UK’s blocklist of piracy sites, following a change in its business model. It's the first time a site has been taken off the list.

FilesTube was previously a popular search engine for piracy files hosted on cyberlocker sites, but has relaunched as a licensed video conent aggregator.

Until recently, the site was still blocked in the UK, prompting plans to appeal the decision at High Court, but the BPI has ...