PayPal has joined a music copyright association and the City of London police department's bid to financially starve websites deemed "illegal." When presented with sufficient evidence of unlicensed downloading from a site, the United Kingdom's PayPal branch "will require the retailer to submit proof of licensing for the music offered by the retailer," said the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's latest press release.
The company will then "discontinue services to retailers in cases where licensing appears to be inadequate." The announcement comes with the requisite gung-ho statement from Carl Scheible, PayPal UK's managing director.
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