A chain of internet cafe's called Easyinternet cafe was found guilty of piracy when it charged customers £5 to copy a CD worth of music. Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou called the lawsuit extortion because he could be liable for up to a million pounds, which is what the British Phonographic Industry was demanding. MediaGardian said this:
The chain of internet cafes launched by Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has been found guilty of copyright infringement for allowing its customers to download music from the web and copy it on to a CD. The high court judgment brings to a close an 18-month war of words between the major record labels and the EasyInternet cafe chain over a promotion in which it charged customers £5 to copy a CD's worth of music from the internet. |
I guess if you own and operate an internet cafe you better be looking over the shoulder of everyone in there or you too could be liable. You can read the entire story here
Source: MediaGardian
