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squeeze looms for pirate music sites  Unverified by Visa
Disaster recovery protection level self-assessment  It isn't
just Wikileaks that's being squeezed by credit card companies -
pirate music sites are also feeling the pinch.  The UK has
spawned more digital music services than any other country, but
it's still easy and risk-free to pick up unlicensed music. So
after years of unsuccessfully trying to modify our behaviour,
and being obliged to play whack-a-mole with pirates in the
courts, copyright enforcement forces are going for the wallet.
The City of London police say they will now be notifying Visa
and Mastercard and their banks of persistent infringers, to try
and prevent pirate sites getting card payment facilities. The
initiative is at the request of IFPI, the global sound recording
lobby group.  You can argue that all unlicensed sites are
parasitic - they don't put anything back to the artists. Many
don't ask the downloader for money - t