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The Pirate Bay is a notorious digital haven for illegal films and TV shows and UK internet service providers (ISPs) are launching a fresh attack against it.

New warnings will be issued to anyone using torrent sites like the Pirate Bay or KickassTorrents as part of the Get It Right campaign .

The new campaign is being run by the government, after it emerged that an estimated 6.7 million people consumed at least one item of illegal content last year.

Virgin Media, BT and Sky are all sending out warnings on behalf of the campaign.

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TalkTalk will also be sending out warnings later this month.

The warnings will come in the form of emails that contain the following statement:

"It looks like someone has been using your broadband to share copyrighted material (that means things like music, films, sport or books).

"And as your broadband provider, we have to let you know when this happens."

Previous attempts to fight the flow of illegal content onto torrent sites has involved browsers blocking their IP addresses. However, thanks to tools like proxies and VPNs, they are often still accessible.

The reason torrent sites have continued to flourish is that they can also be used to share perfectly legal files. In a similar manner to Wikipedia, the content is completely user-generated.

Last year, The Pirate Bay also introduced the ability to stream torrents directly - putting it up against the likes of Netflix and Amazon Video.