UK Record Industry Starts Suing Filesharers 459
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has the story that the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has started a first set of lawsuits against UK file sharers. 23 people paid £50,000 to settle out of court. This is the first time people in the UK have been fined, and probably won't be the last. From the article: "We are determined to find people who illegally distribute music, whichever peer-to-peer network they use, and to make them compensate the artists and labels they are stealing from."
Hmm... (Score:5, Funny)
Kids these days (Score:5, Funny)
If that's all your kids have been up to on the internet when you're not watching, you're in OK shape...
whoa... (Score:4, Funny)
music prices sure have gone up... (Score:4, Funny)
Overheard in a squalid housing estate... (Score:5, Funny)
Surefire way to eliminate all piracy! (Score:3, Funny)
of course wave upon wave of lawsuits will probably help to slow down sharing as well.
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Re:Kids these days (Score:5, Funny)
I know! I just found out my boy was posting on some nerd forum where they have some fetish for penguins, grits, apples, and "OSS". (I assume this "OSS" is a spelling of "ass" where the "a" is stretched disproportionately. I've seen some disturbing pictures on that site he visits!)
You try and try and try to raise them right, but....
Re:you know... (Score:2, Funny)
In soviet russia (Score:-1, Funny)
Re:Before the whining starts (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, how times have changed... :)
Re:Hmm... (Score:2, Funny)
I wasn't aware... (Score:2, Funny)
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