GristyMcFisty used our news submit and reports to us that
the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) is on the way to attack British file sharers in the same way the US show biz industry has done in the past. Via instant messages, hundreds of thousands of filesharers are being warned that the sites are being watched. According to this press release, they want to target a core of about 15% that they believe are responsible for 75% of all illegal sharing of the internet.
| Music industiy clones USA court attack The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is tearing a leaf out of the book of the litigious US show biz industry and taking legal action against file sharers. The BPI, the UK record industry's trade association, said that it plans to instruct m'learned friends to target 'major uploaders'. So far the BPI has held back from taking legal action, perhaps recognising the fact that the US music industry made themselves as popular as the bubonic plague by dragging old women and children before the courts on piracy charges. The BPI has sent hundreds of thousands of instant internet messages to file sharers warning the most frequent users of file-swapping sites that they are being watched. In a press release, the organisation says that it wants to target a hard core 15% responsible for 75% of all illegal file sharing on the internet. UK single sales have more than halved since 1999, it says, when downloading took off. Cynics would point out that the music industry has released a pile of cak since 1999 with few new good bands releasing decent singles. The music industry case is also weakened by the fact that CD album sales have continued to rise. Maybe that is because the file sharers are finding a single they like and are actually buying the album? |
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Source: The Inquirer
