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Law suits against filesharers in Europe

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edited January 2004 in Science & Tech
The [link=http://online.wsj.com/public/us]Wall Street Journal[/link] reports that the music industry plans to start filing lawsuits against file swappers in Europe. A lawsuit campaign, similar to the one which happened in the US, will be start in Europe in the first half of 2004, Allen Dixon, head lawyer of the international record industry, told the journal. (You'll have to register at WSJ to read the full report.) - [link=http://www.warp2search.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=16027]Source[/link]

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  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    No-one uses Kazaa anymore since K-Lite went down anyway.
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited January 2004
    Enverex wrote:
    No-one uses Kazaa anymore since K-Lite went down anyway.

    K-Lite, the application, still works fine. It is just not being developed anymore. I think saying no-one uses it anymore is a bit of an exaggeration, and besides I was under the impression Kazaa wasn't the only peer-to-peer file sharing program.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Spinner wrote:
    K-Lite, the application, still works fine. It is just not being developed anymore. I think saying no-one uses it anymore is a bit of an exaggeration, and besides I was under the impression Kazaa wasn't the only peer-to-peer file sharing program.

    Well before they only went after people though that, so I wonder how they are going to do it now?

    I know lots of people still use Kazaa (3.5mil at a time) but the only tracks on there now are either A) Crap or B) Corruped, so most people I know don't bother using it anymore.
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited January 2004
    Well I guess we'll just have to see what happens. The record industry's leap accross the atlantic however, was inevitable.
  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    The RIAA is losing what little control it was gaining here in the states through lawsuits, how can they possibly expect to have a successful anti-piracy campaign on another continent.

    http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1074536071.html?foo=ISPs%20to%20RIAA:%20'go%20away!'%2001-20-2004

    http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3300211
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Camman wrote:
    how can they possibly expect to have a successful anti-piracy campaign on another continent.

    I believe Albert Einstein said it best with " Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. "
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited January 2004
    Camman wrote:
    The RIAA is losing what little control it was gaining here in the states through lawsuits, how can they possibly expect to have a successful anti-piracy campaign on another continent.

    http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1074536071.html?foo=ISPs%20to%20RIAA:%20'go%20away!'%2001-20-2004

    http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3300211


    Especially when recent trials in parts of Europe have viewed filesharing as legal. I believe the most recent one was in the Netherlands.
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