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Old 05-03-2005, 13:56
DryHumper
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03...e_settlements/

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...ic/4318765.stm

I had wondered what had happened to those cases of the 30 or so file swappers that they announced they were after, back in October. Seems this is the result.

I noticed they've targetted alot of different networks, Kazaa, eDonkey, Grokster, Soulseek, DirectConnect, Limewire, Bearshare and Imesh. I guess the stratergy with that is to give the impression to file sharers that nowhere is safe, no matter what network they're using. Smarter than the US stratergy, which seemed fixated mainly on Kazaa.

Some of the cases seem to be down to kids installing stuff on their parents machines. I wonder what would happen if a parent refused to pay up, would the BPI persue a minor in a court of law over it?

I guess the net effect will be what the BPI wants, scared parents across the land signing up to Napster or whatever, to avoid the risk of their kid landing them with a huge bill instead. Loadsa money for the record industry. No hard times for them anymore. Not that they had it so bad in the first place, with record CD album sales in UK. Although the singles market at least WAS a different matter. Perhaps the singles market might turn rosey again for them, with the new legal download market.
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Old 23-03-2005, 16:03
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so are they looking to sue everyone who has ever downloaded music, because wont that take a while or are they looking at those who put the music on to share to others or those who have downloaded in huge quantities then??
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