The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has written to the party's leader Loz Kaye to request the proxy's removal.

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Loz Kaye, the leader of Pirate Party UK, which had offered UK users a workaround for the ban on The Pirate Bay, said the BPI was "out of control".

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