UK Music Industry is to Sue Illegal Filesharers

Post by **fac51** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 3:05 pm

Well I guess it was inevitable, it's been happening in the USA and Europe for a while now. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) have announced that they intend to sue the worst sharers of copyrighted music in the UK. They have set their sights on 28 UK users who have been tracked using their unique IP addresses. They will receive notification of proposed legal action in the next few weeks and will be given the option to settle out of court first.

Post by **fac51** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 3:09 pm

More info here

Vlammetje · Post by **Vlammetje** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:59 pm

only 28 people in the uk so far?

I'd have thought they'd strat ona bigger scale :para:

Post by **fac51** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 6:05 pm

probably just warming up

Post by **fac51** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:52 pm

The BPI have been granted the right to force the relevant ISP's to give them the names of the alleged 28 filesharers mentioned above.

more info here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainmen ... 743596.stm

mkush · Post by **mkush** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:35 pm

So wat about the hundreds of illegal websites that offer music downloads?
As i see file sharing as it is ,\'sharing\' in a community and these websites which are just offering 1 ting. And hah! 28 ppl compared to the estimated 7 million ppl doing it in this country.lol

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