P2P software suppliers team to fight RIAA and piracy

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Six P2P software companies today came together to demand an end to the Recording Industry Ass. of America's hostilities toward US file sharers - by legislative action, if necessary.

Grokster, Morpheus provider Streamcast, Limewire and three lesser lights of the P2P stage also unveiled a code of conduct by which they and (they hope) other P2P software providers - Kazaa is notable by its absence - will follow the better to demonstrate that they take the issue of copyright infringement seriously.

The code states, for example, that "the user [of their software] shall be prominently informed that the use of the software for illegal activities, including particularly infringement of intellectual property laws, is strictly forbidden and may subject the user to civil and/or criminal penalties".

Surely, then, the six members of P2P United - the name of their joint organisation - agree with the RIAA's moves to penalise people who do offer material they have not been authorised to share?

No, because the RIAA's action is disproportionate, said P2P United Executive Director Adam Eisgau. Indeed, the organisation is openly hostile to the RIAA's approach. "All sense of fairness, all sense of proportion has left the debate," he said....

Source : El Reg

Interesting approach.. one to watch