PiracyNOW used our newssubmit to tell us that European labels are currently not actively pursuing file sharers that trade pirated music.
The European record industry is afraid it will give them an even worse reputation then they currently have after stopping several file sharing companies such as Napster.
He added: "The record companies are already seen as the big bad monster by digital users because of their treatment of Napster and their use of copy protected CDs. The record companies don't want to sully their reputation any further than they already have." |
In the US there are no such concerns. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is cracking down on illegal file exhanges on the back of the stringent US Digital Millennium Copyright Act and yesterday received $1m from US firm Integrated Information Systems, which was running a server for its staff dedicated to the trade of illegal MP3s.
The company coughed up the cash rather than be taken to court.
Mulligan said the only way to stop illegal file trades either side of the Atlantic is to target and prosecute a small number of high-profile users to highlight the dangers to others.
Well they now already have a bad reputation and it will take a lot of efforts to make this up to the consumers.
Source: Sillicon.com
