A new round of lawsuits aimed at prolific Internet song-swappers could be announced as early as Thursday as music executives meet in London to discuss the next step in their global war on Internet piracy.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and British Phonographic Industry scheduled a news conference in the city for Thursday to announce "further measures in the fight against Internet piracy." IFPI and BPI officials declined Wednesday to say whether that meant new legal action. To date, more than 3,000 people have been sued in the United States, Denmark, Germany, Italy and Canada, and there has been speculation that more Internet file-sharers will be sued.
News source: C|Net News.com
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and British Phonographic Industry scheduled a news conference in the city for Thursday to announce "further measures in the fight against Internet piracy." IFPI and BPI officials declined Wednesday to say whether that meant new legal action. To date, more than 3,000 people have been sued in the United States, Denmark, Germany, Italy and Canada, and there has been speculation that more Internet file-sharers will be sued.
News source: C|Net News.com
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At present the new venture is being called "Exclaim," but this is apparently only a temporary name and is likely to be replaced before the firm starts trading. Cousens is joined in the new venture by Europlay Capital Advisers, the Los Angeles based firm which is headed by industry veterans Sean Brennan and Mark Dyne and has advised on a number of major industry deals in recent years.
It's expected that along with the Cheltenham and Manchester studios - accounting for some 160 employees - "Exclaim" will also take possession of several of Acclaim's products in development, including Interview with a Made Man and Heist.
And currently they are debating on whether or not p2p is eligible in this as if you offering music to people for download, it is not the same as making a personal copy, but so far it seems to be covered, but they are putting this through court.
Can we please get past the spreading of false information?
No Canadian case has reached a point that decided on the leagalities of file-sharing yet.... music included.
Downloading is fine, placing files in your share is fine, but actually sharing/uploading is currently illegal until a court rules otherwise, which they have not done.
On the other note I wish the music industry would start putting energy into helping us get better cheaper music then trying to money grub as much as they can. They will never stop music sharing the way they are still going. For every step they let us take forward, at gunpoint they make us take two back.
On the other hand -- I feel safe and confident because if they ever come a knockin on my door they will be disapointed that I have all the CD's that are on my computer -- with no p2p software installed (unless news browsers like grabit are considered p2p).
I'm surprised that someone hasen't brought attention to the fact that many P2P programs scan your drives for items to share with little or no warning. So many people (like 12 year old girls) may have no idea what they are sharing.
Seriously, do they honestly think I'm going to rush out to the local CD store and buy a CD, just because someone says they're a good band? I've had cases where people with the same taste in music as me have said to try out such and such band and when I've downloaded a few MP3s, hated it completely. If I did what the music industry wants, that wouldv'e been a wasted $30AU (yes, CD prices are ridiculous here). On the flipside, if I hear some songs from a band I like, and if the bank account says yes, by all means I'll go out and buy a CD or two.
Nearly everyone I talk to (in real life and over the internet) does that, download MP3s and buy the album if they like. But nooo, so long as you have an MP3 in your shared directory on P2P you're an instant pirate who doesn't care for the artist and is hurting record sales.
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