Detectives have shut down an illegal UK karaoke website following a referral from royalty collection body PRS for Music.

The unlicensed BitTorrent site www.karaoke-world.co.uk directed users to a catalogue of tens of thousands of copyrighted music files, in particular the latest chart music and offered VIP memberships for users, ranging from £5 to £90.

The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), based within the economic crime directorate of the City of London Police, arrested a 46-year-old man in Dewsbury, West ...