Proxy server Immunicity was taken offline on 6 August and the 20-year-old man was picked up in Nottingham and questioned by police. He has since been released on bail.
The arrest was made after police - with the support of the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) - found evidence relating to the creation of a proxy server which provided access to websites that have been blocked for hosting illegal content.
Immunicity, run by the Torrenticity Group, required users to make a simple change to their internet browser settings which would allow them to access sites subject to High Court blocking orders, including The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents, HEET, ExtraTorrent, YiFY and EZTV.
This meant that Immunicity fell foul of anti-circumvention provisions within UK copyright law.
Chief Inspector Andy Fyfe, head of PIPCU, said: ‘This week’s operation highlights how PIPCU, working in partnership with the creative and advertising industries is targeting every aspect of how copyrighting material is illegally being made available to internet users.
‘We will come down hard on people believed to be committing or deliberately facilitating such offences.’
The arrest is part of the City of London Police unit’s ongoing drive to clamp down on websites providing access to illegal or infringing content, known as Operation Creative.
Last week it was announced that PIPCU are replacing advertising on copyright infringing websites with official force banners, warning the user that the site is currently under criminal investigation.
The arrest was made after police - with the support of the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) - found evidence relating to the creation of a proxy server which provided access to websites that have been blocked for hosting illegal content.
Immunicity, run by the Torrenticity Group, required users to make a simple change to their internet browser settings which would allow them to access sites subject to High Court blocking orders, including The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents, HEET, ExtraTorrent, YiFY and EZTV.
This meant that Immunicity fell foul of anti-circumvention provisions within UK copyright law.
Chief Inspector Andy Fyfe, head of PIPCU, said: ‘This week’s operation highlights how PIPCU, working in partnership with the creative and advertising industries is targeting every aspect of how copyrighting material is illegally being made available to internet users.
‘We will come down hard on people believed to be committing or deliberately facilitating such offences.’
The arrest is part of the City of London Police unit’s ongoing drive to clamp down on websites providing access to illegal or infringing content, known as Operation Creative.
Last week it was announced that PIPCU are replacing advertising on copyright infringing websites with official force banners, warning the user that the site is currently under criminal investigation.
