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another parent has been hit with a hefty £2,500 fine by the BPI
after her child had been found downloading music from the internet. The
child's mother Sylvia, 53 now has until the start of July to raise the money or
face additional fines or civil action from the BPI ( UK 's RIAA). The BPI currently has 90 people in its targetting sites ready to face civil action over music sharing, 26 have already settled and Sylvia's daughter was one of them.
Matt philips for the BPI said that people who download software to allow sharing between computers and then share music via this way are distributing music without permission.
Slyvia Price said that everyone at her daughter's school was downloading music and that everyone she knows does it. The BPI said that they were targeting the worst offenders and out of the 90 they are after 26 have already paid up, with average settlements in the region of £2,600 ($4690.00). Anyway who wants to contest the action brought by the BPI could end up paying around £4,500 ($8110.00).
| A mother is facing a fine of £2,500 after her teenage daughter shared music across the internet. Emily Price, 14, from Cheltenham, has been accused of file-sharing, opening up her computer for others to share her downloaded music, and vice versa. Her mother Sylvia, 53, has until the beginning of July to pay the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) or face an additional fine or civil action. She is one of about 90 people targeted in recent BPI action. Matt Philips, from the BPI, said: "The issue surrounds illegal file-sharing, where people download software from the web allowing them access to a network and putting people in touch with one another. "They then swap files across the net. By opening their computers up, they are distributing music without permission." Sylvia Price said: "Everybody at Emily's school does the same and everyone I know downloads it. "They are all shocked and clearing their computers." The BPI says it is targeting the 90 worst file-sharing offenders, of whom 26 people have already paid an average fine of £2,600. Anyone can contest their case in a civil action or settle the individual fine, of which the maximum in this swoop has been £4,500. |
Its amazing how greedy record companies can be it doesnt matter who it is as long as they have more money. When will they ever have enough money, its just plain greed, they still rip us off today with over inflated prices yet they want to increase prices and at all costs. For the price of a CD you can buy a good DVD or go to the cinema twice which is much better value.
Source: BBC
