UK P2P file sharers face legal action

Found on Vnu Network on Monday, 04 October 2004
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Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharers in the UK could soon face legal action from the recording industry.

The Recording Industry Association of America has sued around 5,400 people over the past year, fining them on average $3,000 a piece in an effort to discourage the online swapping of music, which it claims has damaged CD sales.

"We have been quite satisfied with [our] awareness campaign, and use of P2P networks has gone down as people are more aware. But there is still a problem [with illegal file sharing] in the UK," said a BPI spokesman.

"We have seen that litigation has had a practical effect in the US and Europe, and it seems that for some people it is the only way to deter them."

The BPI did not say how it would obtain the names of the P2P users, or what kind of fines it would ask the courts to impose.

I'm getting so sick of hearing those lies from the music industry. Filesharing has not been stopped and it's not decreasing; in fact, it still grows. The industry is not losing money as they always claim; in fact, the BMI had record sales.