IFPI files 2,100 lawsuits against P2P users across the world

Quakester2000

November 25, 2005

DamnedIfIknow used our news submit to tell us that the music
industries top lobby group the IFPI has filed 2,100 lawsuits against P2P
users across 3 continents. The IFPI has filed action against P2P users in
Europe, Asia and for the very first time South
America.

File sharers in Argentina, Hong Kong, Singapore Sweden and Switzerland all face prosecution for the very first time. IFPI head John Kennedy said that it's thinking dinosaurs for anyone to believe they can steal music after all the education and campaigning done.

The music industry"s top lobby group on Tuesday launched a new wave of legal action against the illegal sharing of music over the Internet, which it says hits sales and steals money from music artists. The International Federation for the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said it was launching 2,100 legal cases and extending the action to five new countries in Europe, Asia and, for the first time, South America.

It said file-sharers in Sweden, Switzerland, Argentina, Hong Kong and Singapore faced prosecution for the first time."It"s the thinking of dinosaurs for anyone to believe that they can steal music after all the education and campaigns that we have had," IFPI head John Kennedy told Reuters.

Source: Yahoo