After last month's landmark court ruling, where UK broadband provider and telecoms giant BT, was given two weeks to block access to the Newzbin2 file-sharing site, the music industry wants to try its luck once more.

A coalition of Hollywood film studios, record labels and media companies, led by UK music trade body the BPI, has written a letter requesting that BT blocks access to The Pirate Bay website; one of the largest sites for illegal music and film downloads over the BitTorrent network.

If BT does not voluntarily do so, the music coalition will take the matter to court.

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The BPI-led coalition is banking on the precedent set by Newzbin2 blocking win, which was the first website on British soil to be blocked by a court order that was not hosting or linking to child abuse imagery.

Sources speaking to PaidContent suggested that BT would not comply with the initial, voluntary request, as it 'sets a dangerous precedent' for which others could misuse and abuse. But, if BT were to fight each time it was forced to court in a bid to protect the rights of its customers, not only could the company struggle financially with mounting legal costs, but the costs itself could reflect back on its customers.

In the Newzbin2 legal case, BT was ordered to pay a six-figure sum in legal costs to challenge the music industry's request.

BT has six million customers, as the largest Internet service provider in the country, with its customer base around 1 in 10 broadband users in the UK.

BT and other broadband and Internet providers have fought vehemently against blocking websites to its customers, saying that it could restrict freedom of choice, and effectively make the United Kingdom a "web censorship state".

The Pirate Bay website has already been blocked by ISPs in other European countries, including Denmark, Finland and Italy, after court orders ruled in favour of music and film representative organisations.

Speaking to the Guardian, BT said it was "considering its response". The telecoms giant declined to comment further.

BT has said that it has put in place blocking mechanisms to its customers for accessing the file-sharing site, Newzbin2, earlier this week. But the website claims that its users are still able to access the site, with a reported 93.5 percent of active UK users of the site downloading a workaround the site issued in September.

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