The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has today announced 2,000 new cases against those accused of illegally sharing music.
On its website the IFPI boasts that a Finnish carpenter, a French chef and a retired German couple are amongst those stung by the legal action. Many users caught face instant disconnection from their ISPs.
Operations have been launched in a total of ten countries (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland) and affect eight of the internet's biggest file sharing platforms.
FastTrack (Kazaa), Gnutella (BearShare), eDonkey, DirectConnect, BitTorrent, Limewire, WinMX, and SoulSeek have all been targetted, though surprisingly no action has been taken against those sharing via newsgroups.
The group has also warned that parents can be held responsible for their offspring's download habits and urges tighter control over the younger generation's freedom online. Some say this request proves in a society where the younger generation often outsmart their parents when it comes to technology.
The IFPI's site claims that hundreds of people have already paid out the penalty for their illegal activities. It is claimed that the average settlement rests at €2,633 (£1,836 or $3,202).
View: IFPI.org
On its website the IFPI boasts that a Finnish carpenter, a French chef and a retired German couple are amongst those stung by the legal action. Many users caught face instant disconnection from their ISPs.
Operations have been launched in a total of ten countries (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland) and affect eight of the internet's biggest file sharing platforms.
FastTrack (Kazaa), Gnutella (BearShare), eDonkey, DirectConnect, BitTorrent, Limewire, WinMX, and SoulSeek have all been targetted, though surprisingly no action has been taken against those sharing via newsgroups.
The group has also warned that parents can be held responsible for their offspring's download habits and urges tighter control over the younger generation's freedom online. Some say this request proves in a society where the younger generation often outsmart their parents when it comes to technology.
The IFPI's site claims that hundreds of people have already paid out the penalty for their illegal activities. It is claimed that the average settlement rests at €2,633 (£1,836 or $3,202).
View: IFPI.org
**Idiots** IFPI...which is another example of having no 'originality'...they again copy americans RIAA ride
Last edited by jwjw1 on 04 Apr 2006 - 11:42
You edited your post after I added my reply! It did just say the word Idiots...
From your edit, I guess you are calling the IFPI idiots, but maybe it's time that people stopped downloading - it seems that these cases are becoming more and more frequent and are getting closer to home.
Last edited by Cy Bones on 04 Apr 2006 - 11:58
No police or no court, no way this is going to work...
And you can bet the portuguese police has got its hands full on REAL crimes, and can't handle the hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of cases like this...
Altough it would be cute to see if the kids of politicians who download illegal stuff off the web would also have to pay...
On its website the IFPI boasts that a Horny Finnish carpenter, a Fetish fillled French chef and a gangbanging retired German couple are amongst those arroused by the legal action. Many users caught looking at porn face instant disconnection from their ISPs and a free porn mag not to mention a hefty fine.
ohh why i commented that would of been funny if the news story was as i edited above :>
However on the other hand they are enforcing the law, a law which everyone is aware of but still continues to break it.
I think the end result in this whole Anti Piracy saga is that people will always continue to warez because you cannot control the content on the internet.
Music, Movie & Games makers will probably loose out on a share of income but over all maintain a high income as long as their content is good.
The industry needs to open up and give us more value for money.
A good example is recently when i went to watch "Lord of War" at the cinema which cost £8. I really enjoyed the film and thought id like to see it again.
Saw it in HMV on DVD the other day at full RRp £19.99 and im thinking "sod that" so i wait till i get home and download the torrent. 100% gods truth if that DVD was £9.99 id be buying it...Ive already spend £8 on the film...
The music & Movie industry we are in 2006 please stop moaning and deal with it....
It's easier to just monitor the P2P traffic, where you can get the IP yourself.
Since you can't stop piracy suing 2000 people - or say 2500 IF they included some newsgroups - you can at least make the news and try to scare everyone.
---shhhhhh
If everything keeps going the way its going, MSN, yahoo, and google will be out of the web search business for good. :p
I for one would be very happy on that day.
There must only be a handful of igloos that have 1gigaquad download rates
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