A TV network operated by Sony has obtained a sweeping High Court injunction compelling Indian ISPs to block hundreds of 'pirate' sites. However, in addition to sites like The Pirate Bay, for the second time in a month Sony affiliates have sucked in innocent victims including several Google services and Kim Dotcom's Mega.co.nz.

With the World Cup now heading to its semi-final stages, FIFA and its distribution partners are pushing hard to stem the tide of unauthorized content.

While FIFA has even gone as far as taking action against Twitter avatars, news today shows that its affiliates are also prepared to disrupt the activities of hundreds of sites and countless millions of Internet users if that means protecting their copyrights.

The development follows legal action initiated by Multi Screen Media PVT Ltd, a Sony Entertainment Television subsidiary in India. Earlier this year the company obtained a license from FIFA to broadcast the 2014 World Cup to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Of course, content is now being made available elsewhere without permission, so the company has decided to do something about that.

In a statement to the High Court in Delhi, counsel for Multi Screen Media explained that “various websites are indulging in hosting, streaming, providing access to” infringing content causing substantial loss of revenue not just for the company, but also to the government due to lost tax on TV subscription fees.

The list of ‘infringing’ sites supplied to the High Court is huge – 479 sites in all – and contains well known sharing sites including The Pirate Bay, torrent storage site Torrage, 1337x, Demonoid, and dozens of file-hosting sites.

Quite amazingly, however, the list also contains entirely legitimate sites including Google Docs, Google Video, Google URL shortener Goo.gl, and Kim Dotcom’s Mega.co.nz. None escape the criticism of Sony or the High Court.

“Learned counsel for the plaintiff submits that many of the websites [in the list] are anonymous in nature and it is virtually impossible to locate the owners of such websites or contact details of such owners. It is further submitted that many of these Rogue Websites also hide behind domain privacy services offered by various domain name Registrars,” the judge wrote in his decision.

“[Websites] listed below, or any other website identified by the Plaintiff are restrained, from in any manner hosting, streaming, broadcasting, rebroadcasting, retransmitting, exhibiting, making available for viewing and downloading, providing access to and / or communicating to the public, displaying, uploading, modifying, publishing, updating and/or sharing (including to its subscribers and users), through the internet, in any manner whatsoever,” he continued.

With that Judge V. Kameswar Rao issued an order for the country’s ISPs to block the 479 sites in question – Google’s included – plus “such other websites that may subsequently be notified by the Plaintiff to be infringing of its exclusive rights.”

While the Judge granting a blocking order against Google is bad enough, one has to question how the company’s services ended up on the High Court application in the first place. That is the responsibility of local anti-piracy company Markscan, who compiled the list for Multi Screen Media. Markscan were featured in a TorrentFreak article last month when they sent dozens of erroneous takedown notices to Google, again on behalf of a Sony company.

“We want to assure you that we deploy technology, in addition to best efforts of our teams, to ensure that we do not impact legal content on yours, or any other website,” they told us at the time. Users of Google Docs, Goo.gl and Google Video may beg to differ.

While some local ISPs have already initiated blockades, Google told Indian news outlet Medianama that there had been “no interruption of our services mentioned in the order.”

The High Court order was issued June 23, alongside an instruction to distribute the summons to the defendant sites by July 22, 2014.

Update: MediaNama is reporting that it has obtained a copy of an updated court order that isn’t yet available on the Delhi High Court website. The update reveals blocking requests for 219 sites, down from the 472 in the original order. No Google websites are in the updated list but many torrent and other file-sharing sites remain.

Original List of 472 Sites to Be Blocked

1. cdn.playwire.com

2. embedupload.com

3. 1fichier.com

4. crocko.com

5. multiupload.nl

6. uppit.com

7. solidfiles.com

8. bayfiles.net

9. tusfiles.net

10. bitshare.com

11. muchshare.net

12. mega.co.nz

13. share-online.biz

14. sendspace.com

15. real4download.com

16. telugump3.biz

17. wapkafiles.com

18. telugumasthi.wapka.me

19. telugustar.net

20. myteluguwap.net

21. s1.myteluguwap.net

22. s2.myteluguwap.net

23. filestube.to

24. ul.to

25. mightyupload.com

26. uploaded.net

27. freakshare.com

28. putlocker.com

29. uploadable.ch

30. safelinking.net

31. ultramegabit.com

32. terafile.co

33. fileom.com

34. d01.megashares.com

35. dizzcloud.com

36. lumfile.com

37. fileparadox.in

38. nitrobits.com

39. filemonkey.in

40. fastshare.cz

41. keep2share.cc

42. k2s.cc

43. sharerepo.com

44. depositfiles.com

45. rapidshare.com

46. filerio.com

47. goo.gl

48. fcore.eu

49. anonfiles.com

50. adf.ly

51. megafiles.se

52. exashare.com

53. primeshare.tv

54. uploadc.com

55. epicshare.net

56. dwn.so

57. uploadhero.com

58. dfiles.eu

59. thefile.me

60. nosupload.com

61. uploadsat.com

62. shareflare.net

63. letitbit.net

64. filesfrog.net

65. unlimitzone.com

66. uploadrocket.net

67. secureupload.eu

68. hulkfile.eu

69. tusfiles.co.nz

70. filehoot.com

71. jumbofiles.com

72. usefile.com

73. clicktoview.org

74. 180upload.nl

75. hitfile.net

76. easybytez.com

77. crisshare.com

78. vip-file.com

79. ufile.eu

80. jheberg.net

81. dl.free.fr

82. 2shared.com

83. sharebeast.com

84. cramit.in

85. ryushare.com

86. teluguworld.asia

87. twap.in

88. vshare.eu

89. 108.59.3.225:182

90. megafilesfactory.com

91. 199.91.152.94

92. 205.196.121.39

93. 199.91.152.86

94. 199.91.154.157

95. 205.196.123.194

96. 205.196.123.8

97. 205.196.123.182

98. mhnwap.wapka.me

99. mhnwap.wapka.mobi

100. realitytelevisionportal.eu

101. dorabuzz.in

102. foncity.in

103. toonvideos.in

104. bestcartoon.wapka.mobi

105. wap.dorabuzz.in

106. playpanda.net

107. play44.net

108. shared.sx

109. mega-vids.com

110. promptfile.com

111. 4upfiles.com

112. filemoney.com

113. lemuploads.com

114. anysend.com

115. luckyshare.net

116. filedap.com

117. junocloud.me

118. filevice.com

119. v-vids.com

120. quickyshare.net

121. tumi.tv

122. mp4star.com

123. sockshare.ws

124. uploadcrazy.net

125. uploadboy.com

126. putlocker.ws

127. filenuke.net

128. docs.google.com

129. dotsemper.com

130. upload.com

131. cloudyvideos.com

132. v.youku.com

133. movzap.com

134. googlevideo.com

135. vertor.eu

136. dramautubes.com

137. nosvideo.com

138. vreer.com

139. vidxden.com

140. divxstage.eu

141. rapidvideo.tv

142. vidspot.net

143. freshvideo.net

144. vidbux.com

145. vidplay.net

146. vidup.me

147. video.tt

148. modovideo.com

149. youwatch.org

150. magnovideo.com

151. videobam.com

152. sharexvid.com

153. videoslasher.com

154. nowvideo.ch

155. donevideo.com

156. videozed.net

157. vidhog.com

158. vidzi.tv

159. streamin.to

160. thevideo.me

161. vidzbeez.com

162. divxpress.com

163. nubestream.com

164. divxstream.net

165. videobb.com

166. divxden.com

167. mixturecloud.com

168. divxstage.net

169. videowood.tv

170. hostingbulk.com

171. playit.pk

172. movpod.net

173. daclips.com

174. slickvid.com

175. videofun.me

176. video44.net

177. yucache.net

178. moevideos.net

179. videomega.tv

180. vidpaid.com

181. sharevid.org

182. zuzvideo.com

183. video.vidcrazy.net

184. videovalley.net

185. videoboxone.com

186. vidcrazy.net

187. vodu.ch

188. watchfreeinhd.com

189. veehd.com

190. movdivx.com

191. blip.tv

192. animeuploads.com

193. videohub.ws

194. hdwide.co

195. stormvid.co

196. neovid.me

197. hawkhd.me

198. streamland.cc

199. vidshark.ws

200. vidspace.cc

201. vids.bz

202. play.flashx.tv

203. videoweed.es

204. torrenthound.com

205. nowvideo.sx

206. limetorrents.com

207. novamov.com

208. torrentfunk.com

209. torrents.net

210. wapkafile.com

211. thepiratebay.org

212. torlock.com

213. movshare.net

214. unblockedpiratebay-proxy.com

215. thetorrent.org

216. torrentz.sx

217. thepiratebay.se.unblock.to

218. nowdownload.ch

219. sockshare.com

220. bittorrent.pm

221. uptobox.com

222. torrage.com

223. vidbux.com

224. muchshare.net

225. sumotorrent.sx

226. torrentdownload.ws

227. vidup.me

228. btmon.com

229. ryushare.com

230. uploadable.ch

231. thepiratebay.se

232. 1337x.to

233. video.tt

234. bthunter.org

235. tusfiles.net

236. 1337x.org

237. swankshare.com

238. 1337xproxy.in

239. torrentz.dj

240. torrentcrazy.ee

241. filesbomb.in

242. torrentz.is

243. torrentz.am

244. kickassunblock.net

245. torrent.tm

246. uploadboy.com

247. oc.o2.vc

248. ineedtorrent.net

249. torrenthoundproxy.com

250. torcache.kickassunblock.net

251. kickasstor.net

252. streamupload.org

253. arabloads.net

254. torrentsnet.come.in

255. torrentz.to

256. filesfrog.net

257. 3gparena.in

258. dl.free.fr

259. divxstage.eu

260. play.flashx.tv

261. download-abc.com

262. filmsmaza.com

263. glotorrents.com

264. coolmoviez.com

265. 62.210.201.55:81

266. fuckyourcrew.org

267. mimti1.moviesmobile.net

268. sandy1.moviesmobile.net

269. sandy3.moviesmobile.net

270. sandy4.moviesmobile.net

271. thepiratebay.mk

272. dev.torrentz.pro

273. uploaded.net

274. torrentmoviemafia.com

275. 1337x.pw

276. share1.moviesmobile.net

277. share2.moviesmobile.net

278. share3.moviesmobile.net

279. share4.moviesmobile.net

280. bayproxy.me

281. sarthaktv.in

282. p2p4ever.com

283. tny.cz

284. torrent-loco.com.ar

285. piraattilahti.org

286. punjabwap.com

287. torrent.ee

288. torrentz.asia

289. fromplay.org

290. proxybay.pw

291. vertor.com

292. katshore.org

293. nl.malaysiabay.org

294. demonoid.ph

295. kickasstorrents.come.in

296. putlocker.cz

297. proxybay.eu

298. vertor.eu

299. 3gparina.in

300. 89.248.162.148

301. fromplay.com

302. etorrent.co.kr

303. fun4buddy.com

304. livetvindian.com

305. ontohinbd.com

306. pc.rdxhd.com

307. seedpeer.me

308. ukcast.tv

309. ezcast.tv

310. xuscacamusca.se

311. crichd.in

312. 122.155.203.9

313. http://www.0dian8.com/

314. http://www.114nba.com/

315. http://360bo.com/

316. http://51live.com/

317. http://www.52waha.com/

318. http://bf.5xzb.com/

319. http://allsport-live.net/

320. http://www.antibookers.ru/

321. http://www.assistirtvonlineaovivo.tv/

322. http://atdhe.eu/

323. http://atdhe.so/

324. http://atdhe.xxx/

325. http://www.atdhe24.net/

326. http://www.azhibo.com/

327. http://barcelonastream.com/

328. http://www.coolsport.tv/schedule-coolsport-tv.html

329. http://www.tvole.com/

330. http://www.drakulastream.eu/

331. http://esportesaovivo.com/

332. http://www.feed2all.eu/type/football.html

333. http://gofirstrowuk.eu/

334. http://www.footballstreaming.info/

335. http://www.frombar.com/

336. http://www.futebolaovivo.net/inicio.php

337. http://www.online.futebolaovivogratis.org/

338. http://gooool.org/

339. http://www.rajangan.me/

340. http://www.hahasport.com/

341. http://hdzhibo.com/

342. http://neolive.net/

343. http://www.kanqiu.tv/

344. http://livesport4u.com/

345. http://livetv.sx/

346. http://meczelive.tv/

347. http://www.megatvonline.co/

348. http://tvonline.megavertvonline.net/live/

349. http://myp2p.pw/

350. http://nogomya.ch/

351. http://www.p2p-hd.com/

352. http://qmzhibo.com/

353. http://rntplayer.com/

354. http://www.rojadirecta.me/

355. http://www.seezb.net/

356. http://www.sport.net/

357. http://sport5online.com/

358. http://sportlemon.ge/

359. http://sportlemontv.eu/

360. http://sportlive.lt/

361. http://www.sportlv.info/

362. http://www.sportp2p.com/

363. http://www.stopstream.tv/

364. http://thefirstrow.biz/

365. http://www.feed4u.net/

366. http://www.time4tv.com/

367. http://torrent-tv.ru/

368. http://tvaovivogratis.net/

369. http://tvonlinexat.com/

370. http://www.usagoals.tv/

371. http://vipbox.net/

372. http://www.vipboxuk.co/

373. http://www.wasu.cn/

374. http://www.wiziwig.tv/

375. http://wszhibo.com/

376. http://www.look-tvs.com/

377. http://www.yaomtv.com.cn/

378. http://www.zhiboche.com/

379. http://zqnow.com/

380. http://www.24livestreamtv.com/brazil-2014-fifa-world-cup-football-

live-streaming-online-tv/

381. http://acefootball.eu/

382. http://al3ablive.info/

383. http://atdhe.ru/

384. http://atdhe.ge/

385. http://atdhe.sx/

386. http://atdhe.ws/

387. http://bongdatructuyen.info/

388. http://www.bongdatructuyen.vn/

389. http://bongdatv.net/

390. http://bongdaup.com/

391. http://www.majika.biz/

392. http://btvsports.com/

393. http://canalesdetv.com/

394. http://capodeportes.net/

395. http://www.catedralhd.tk/

396. http://www.cv55.eu/

397. http://desistreams.tv/

398. http://desportogratis.com/

399. http://dinozap.com/

400. http://drhtv.com.pl/

401. http://epctv.com/

402. http://zonasports.to/

403. http://fancylive.com/

404. http://feed2all.eu/

405. http://www.firstrows.eu/

406. http://firstrows.biz/

407. http://firstrowsports.ge/

408. http://footballhd.ru/

409. http://footdirect24.com/

410. http://freefootball.ws/

411. http://freehdspor.com/

412. http://freelivefussball.de/

413. http://freelivesport.eu/

414. http://fsicrew.info/

415. http://fussball-live-streams.com/

416. http://futbolarg.tv/

417. http://www.futbol-envivo.com/

418. http://futbolsinlimites.pw/

419. http://futebolaovivogratis.org/

420. http://goatd.net/

421. http://hdembed.com/

422. http://funkeysports.com/

423. http://hdsports.me/

424. http://www.hdstreams.tv/index.php

425. http://iraqgoals.in/

426. http://jokerplanete.com/

427. http://lesoleildelanuit.wf/

428. http://life-sport.org/

429. http://livesportv.com/

430. http://max-deportv.com/

431. http://megaviptv.net/

432. http://milloxtv.me/

433. http://myp2p.cm/

434. http://myp2p.ec/

435. http://newsoccertv.com/

436. http://nowwatchtvlive.com/

437. http://onlinemoviesportsandtv.com/

438. http://online–soccer.eu/

439. http://portugaldesportivo.com/

440. http://premier-league-live.net/

441. http://qxzhibo.com/

442. http://realtvsport.com/

443. http://real-tv-sport.com/

444. http://www.redzer.tv/

445. http://s247.tv/

446. http://sambasoccer.pw/

447. http://skysport.tv/

448. http://soccerembed.com/

449. http://soccertoall.net/

450. http://softsportstv.eu/

451. http://www.sportsbeech.tv/

452. http://sports-x.net/

453. http://sportz-hd.eu/

454. http://stadium-live.com/

455. http://stream-foot.tv/

456. http://streamhd.eu/

457. http://streamking.org/

458. http://todaytv.me/

459. http://www.tvonlinepc.eu/

460. http://totbet.net/

461. http://tructiepbongda.com/

462. http://tvembed.com/

463. http://tvembed.eu/

464. http://tv-link.in/

465. http://tv-porinternet.com/

466. http://tvsport24.info/

467. http://u-peak.me/

468. http://vipbox.co/

469. http://vipracing.co.in/

470. http://vtv4u.eu/

471. http://whoopwhoop.tv/

472. http://wiziwigfootball.com/