Internet censorship reaches a new level.

BT Broadband has been forced to block it's users in the UK from logging on to an illegal download site following legal action by the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

The MPA started legal action against the ISP last month in a bid to ensure BT did not allow web users to access Newzbin 2, a members-only site that offers links to other locations on the web where music, movies and other content can be illegally downloaded.

In his ruling, Mr Justice Arnold stated:

"In my judgment it follows that BT has actual knowledge of other persons using its service to infringe copyright: it knows that the users and operators of Newbin2 infringe copyright on a large scale, and in particular infringe the copyrights of the Studios in large numbers of their films and television programmes," said Justice Arnold, who was preceding over the case.

"It knows that the users of Newzbin2 include BT subscribers, and it knows those users use its service to receive infringing copies of copyright works made available to them by Newzbin2."