The judge in the case in the High Court in London found the UK-based site facilitated copyright infringement even though no content was hosted directly on it.

Newzbin operated by charging users a monthly fee in exchange for offering links to unauthorised digital copies of movies, TV shows and other copyrighted content.

MPA general counsel for Europe Ted Shapiro says, "Newzbin is a source of immense damage to the creative sector in the UK and worldwide. This is an important ...