<p>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />|  PayPal Joins London Police Effort<br />|   from the state-vs-man dept.<br />|    posted by timothy on Saturday July 23, @06:25 (Piracy)<br />|   with 110  comments<br />|   <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/22/2345217/PayPal-Joins-London-Police-Effort?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/22/2345217/PayPal-Joins-London-Police-Effort?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br />+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />derGoldstein  writes this excerpt from Ars Technica: "PayPal has joined a<br />music copyright  association and the City of London police department's<br />bid to financially  starve websites deemed 'illegal.' When presented with<br />sufficient evidence of  unlicensed downloading from a site, the United<br />Kingdom's PayPal branch  '[0]will require the retailer to submit proof of<br />licensing for the music  offered by the retailer,' said the International<br />Federation of the  Phonographic Industry's latest press release." The<br />[1]press release can be  found here.<br /><br />Discuss this story at:<br /> <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/22/2345217/PayPal-Joins-London-Police-Effort?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/22/2345217/PayPal-Joins-London-Police-Effort?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a><br /><br />Links:<br /> 0. <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/paypal-joins-london-police-bid-to-financially-starve-illegal-websites.ars">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/paypal-joins-london-police-bid-to-financially-starve-illegal-websites.ars</a><br /> 1. <a href="http://www.ifpi.com//content/section_news/20110721.html">http://www.ifpi.com//content/section_news/20110721.html</a><br /><br /></p>