Music industry unleashes 8,000 new lawsuits
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Music industry unleashes 8,000 new lawsuits
Evil file-sharers may flog their grannies
By INQUIRER newsdesk: Tuesday 17 October 2006, 17:53
FILE SHARERS beware, because the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has just today filed 8,000 lawsuits targeting you.
The lawsuits are far-reaching, spanning 17 countries, including Mexico, Brazil and Poland where such lawsuits were previously only an old wive's tale. Over a billion tracks had been illegally downloaded last year, according to the IFPI, while record company revenues have nearly halved since the year 2000.
Indeed, the list of targeted countries is a long 'un: Argentina, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore and Switzerland are all on the blacklist. According to the IFPI, the average case settlement is around $3,000. Some may say it's a bit of a steep price, but not the IFPI chairman John Kennedy, who says there's absolutely "no excuse" for filesharing.
One mother in Argentina had to make her son sell his car to pay back the settlement fee.
"Consumers today can get music legally in ways that were unimaginable a few years ago," says John Kennedy. "In each of the 17 countries involved in today's actions there are legal music services available to consumers."
The IFPI has recently launched a massive "education" campaign to convince would-be music pirates to stop illegally downloading music.
Research from Lingnan University in Hong Kong says that about a third of parents have told their children not to download illegally over the last year. 67% of people in Hong Kong said that legal action is a great way to reduce illegal p2p file sharing. Not to mention, it brings families together as they struggle to pay off their massive settlement fees and scout around for things they can sell. -
wad happened to china and russia?
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Russia and China, the countryside "bo zheng hu", so cannot catch....
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They are not as advanced as those countries mentioned and targeted for law suits.Originally posted by Ito_^:wad happened to china and russia?
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Originally posted by nightzip:
Sh1t article sh1t writing.
[b]Music industry unleashes 8,000 new lawsuits
Evil file-sharers may flog their grannies
By INQUIRER newsdesk: Tuesday 17 October 2006, 17:53
FILE SHARERS beware, because the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has just today filed 8,000 lawsuits targeting you.
The lawsuits are far-reaching, spanning 17 countries, including Mexico, Brazil and Poland where such lawsuits were previously only an old wive's tale. Over a billion tracks had been illegally downloaded last year, according to the IFPI, while record company revenues have nearly halved since the year 2000.
Indeed, the list of targeted countries is a long 'un: Argentina, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore and Switzerland are all on the blacklist. According to the IFPI, the average case settlement is around $3,000. Some may say it's a bit of a steep price, but not the IFPI chairman John Kennedy, who says there's absolutely "no excuse" for filesharing.
One mother in Argentina had to make her son sell his car to pay back the settlement fee.
"Consumers today can get music legally in ways that were unimaginable a few years ago," says John Kennedy. "In each of the 17 countries involved in today's actions there are legal music services available to consumers."
The IFPI has recently launched a massive "education" campaign to convince would-be music pirates to stop illegally downloading music.
Research from Lingnan University in Hong Kong says that about a third of parents have told their children not to download illegally over the last year. 67% of people in Hong Kong said that legal action is a great way to reduce illegal p2p file sharing. Not to mention, it brings families together as they struggle to pay off their massive settlement fees and scout around for things they can sell.
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what about downloading MP3 music from Cnet? is this considered as illegal as well?
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some countries couldnt be bothered.
there is nothing they can do about it. -
What about Australia
I know all of my Australian friends downloading like nobody biz -
/me raise hands.Originally posted by elindra:What about Australia
I know all of my Australian friends downloading like nobody biz -
as long as you are not paying it is illegal.Originally posted by tikili:what about downloading MP3 music from Cnet? is this considered as illegal as well? -
But the website there says its a free download!Originally posted by dragg:as long as you are not paying it is illegal. -
What can I say?
The music industry is showing its bare-faced greed. If music albums were more economically priced, there would be fewer cases of illegal downloads.
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ok...then shouldn't the authority takes action against CNET for distributing "free" MP3 music?Originally posted by dragg:as long as you are not paying it is illegal. -
Do you reckon I'll buy an entire jay chou album just to hear Fei Yu Qing sing a few verses in a particular track? You would think I'm a goddamn idiot won't you?
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What if google was the one?Originally posted by tikili:ok...then shouldn't the authority takes action against CNET for distributing "free" MP3 music? -
this is no sense!! NO sense at all!!Originally posted by ditzy:What if google was the one? 
what is the point of catching the individual and hope that nobody will download and eventually all the big boys (google, cnet) will shut down their music download site!!!
I am still trying to find the fineprint on CNET to determine what is their "exclusion" for posting music for people to download. if anybody can find it , pls let me know. -
why would the authorities want to do something that wont benefit them at all?Originally posted by tikili:ok...then shouldn't the authority takes action against CNET for distributing "free" MP3 music? -
How about if the music producers or Djs were to release mp3s on their own websites for people to download? Is it illegal?
How do you differentiate between legal mp3s or illegal ones? -
Play safe, follow what dragg said, no need to pay means illegal.Originally posted by DriftingGuy:How about if the music producers or Djs were to release mp3s on their own websites for people to download? Is it illegal?
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While you're at it, go look for a regulation in SMRT's website that says you can't take pictures in an mrt station. One of the station staff say one.Originally posted by tikili:I am still trying to find the fineprint on CNET to determine what is their "exclusion" for posting music for people to download. if anybody can find it , pls let me know. To be specific, raffles place mrt station. -
i think the only legal mp3s websites are those of music companies.Originally posted by DriftingGuy:How about if the music producers or Djs were to release mp3s on their own websites for people to download? Is it illegal?
How do you differentiate between legal mp3s or illegal ones?
they allow downloading on a per song basis. -
How about Individual people like you and me who create our own music then share it with others to appreciate? Are those considered illegal since we havent form companies yet? If they are then all those legal mp3 file creation software are hence illegal?Originally posted by dragg:i think the only legal mp3s websites are those of music companies.
they allow downloading on a per song basis.
How about compilations of mp3s that are remixed and merged into a single mp3? Are these still consider illegal since the content are no longer similar versus the individual counterparts? Do they have to set up a panel of song critics who spends the whole day comparing and contrasting the remix with the individual songs? -
is there an authority or ministry in SG to protect our individual rights? is there any lawyer out there that can comment? is like placing a piece of cheese in front of the mouse and tell the mouse that it can't eat it even if it will to die of starvation.Originally posted by DriftingGuy:How about if the music producers or Djs were to release mp3s on their own websites for people to download? Is it illegal?
How do you differentiate between legal mp3s or illegal ones?