More bad news for file sharers today as the UK High Court has granted an order requiring five IPSs to disclose the identities of 33 more individuals alleged to have illegally distributed music files on P2P networks.

The individuals concerned had uploaded more than 72,000 music files to the internet.

The ISPs concerned now have a fortnight to give the BPI the identities of the filesharers which brings the number of people in the UK to face legal action for illegal filesharing up to 90. They will face claims for compensation and the legal costs in pursuing them.

BPI General Counsel Geoff Taylor said: “This court order should remind every user of a peer-to-peer filesharing service in Britain that they are not anonymous. These 33 people will now face paying thousands of pounds in compensation. We are continuing to collect evidence every day against people who are still uploading music illegally, despite all the warnings we have given. If you want to avoid the risk of court action, stop filesharing and buy music legally”.