To combat pirate proxies effectively:

By 2024-2025, traditional web-based pirate proxies have become less reliable in the UK for several reasons:

Automated scripts that register new domains as old ones are blocked. Outpaces ISP blocklists. Tools that cache static versions of torrent indexes.

Crucially, the law does not criminalize using a pirate proxy for streaming or downloading in the UK (though uploading, i.e., seeding, is illegal). However, operating or knowingly facilitating access to a proxy that enables infringement is a civil and potentially criminal offense under the (though its most stringent provisions have not been fully enacted).