Internet song-swappers could be sued

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The British record industry may sue internet song-swappers as part of a new campaign against online piracy.

Andrew Yeates, director general of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) trade group, said it's hoping to encourage new, legitimate services.

Record firms in the US have already started cases against file-sharers, reports the BBC.

But the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) actions generated bad publicity after it emerged a 12-year-old girl had been targeted, along with a 66-year-old grandmother who was alleged to have been downloading rap records.

Mr Yeates said any legal crackdown would be proportional, and talks were taking place with internet service providers across Europe to streamline a process for identifying those who distribute the most songs.

"We want to increase awareness of the legal implications of file-sharing. If these are not working, there has to be a degree of enforcement," he said.

Industry-backed services such as iTunes and the revamped Napster are widely expected to be launched in Europe later this year.

Mr Yeates said if they were successful and illicit song-swapping levels fell, legal action may not be necessary.
 
The problem with downloading house music for example, is that songs take so long to get released. If u can get a song the same time that you're fave dj is playing it, why wait until it gets a full release about 6months later? By that time you're probably bored of the song. The one thing that house has on its side is that dj's want it on vinyl most the time so they have to wait for either a promo or full release. It would be nice if tunes got released alot quicker than they are at the moment. Take 'motorcycle - as the rush comes' this was being played early last year and its only just got a full release! I had a dodgy but playable copy in the summer but by the time it got released i was bored of it :(
 
on one of the last versions of kazza lite it was built in, u can get it seperately now tho I think.

Its a program that has a list of the ip addresses which are know to be government owned (RIAA / MPAA), and it blocks them out! :) ;)

Clever little bastard!
 
on a seperate note a screener from this years academy has been leaked! ;)

Apparently they can trace the origin, be interesting to see how that goes!
 
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