RipBlock – The End of Music Piracy?

The anti-music piracy company RipBlock has launched a service that can help labels put an end to illegal track downloads. The principle is based on scanning search engines for links about their clients, i.e., browsing blogs, file-sharing sites, and forums. Upon discovering illegal files, RipBlock notifies hosting companies and monitors the process of their removal.

In the future, RipBlock plans to strengthen ties with all major hosts to speed up the collection of information and removal processes. Special databases called Known File Sharer Database have also been developed – blacklists of identified fans of sharing free music. Such databases are freely accessible to RipBlock clients.

The service costs $73 for one scanning position for two weeks and $3 for removing found items. Among the first clients of RipBlock are Cocoon, Border Community, BPitch Control, Rekids, Vandit, Skint, and Radio Slave.

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