Following court orders for YouTube-MP3 to shut down and pay an undisclosed settlement fee to record labels, two more YouTube stream-ripping sites have closed their doors to UK traffic.
MP3Juices.cc and YtMp3.cc are now geo-blocked in the UK and both display a message that reads: 'This service is no longer available. Thanks for being a part of us. Goodbye!'
However, according to Torrentfreak, both sites are readily available in other parts of the world, though the operators haven’t commented on the issue.
The site closures follow their inclusion in a list of piracy websites submitted to the U.S. Government by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Geoff Taylor, chief executive at BPI – part of the group to file legal action against YouTube-MP3 – told TorrentFreak: 'We are seeing that the closure of the largest stream ripping site, YouTube-mp3, following coordinated global legal action from record companies, is having an impact on the operations of other ripping sites.
'However, stream ripping remains a major issue for the industry. These sites are making large sums of money from music without paying a penny to those that invest in and create it.
'We will continue to take legal action against other illegal ripping sites where necessary,' he added.
MP3Juices.cc and YtMp3.cc are now geo-blocked in the UK and both display a message that reads: 'This service is no longer available. Thanks for being a part of us. Goodbye!'
However, according to Torrentfreak, both sites are readily available in other parts of the world, though the operators haven’t commented on the issue.
The site closures follow their inclusion in a list of piracy websites submitted to the U.S. Government by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Geoff Taylor, chief executive at BPI – part of the group to file legal action against YouTube-MP3 – told TorrentFreak: 'We are seeing that the closure of the largest stream ripping site, YouTube-mp3, following coordinated global legal action from record companies, is having an impact on the operations of other ripping sites.
'However, stream ripping remains a major issue for the industry. These sites are making large sums of money from music without paying a penny to those that invest in and create it.
'We will continue to take legal action against other illegal ripping sites where necessary,' he added.
