IFPI Sues 8000 file sharers

ChampionLLY · 22nd Oct 2006, 04:55 PM

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Thousands of file sharers from almost 20 nations were targeted in the latest round of lawsuits

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the trade group which represents the interests of record companies worldwide, has filed lawsuits against 8,000 alleged file sharers from 17 countries. First time lawsuits were also filed in Brazil, Mexico and Poland. More than 1 billion music tracks were illegally acquired in Brazil, according to the IFPI. IFPI figures also claim that music sales in Brazil have been cut in half since 2000, when file sharing began to take off in the nation. The IFPI further claims that more than 20 billion songs were illegally downloaded across the world last year.

Along with Poland, Brazil and Mexico, Argentina, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore and Switzerland were also targeted by the latest round of lawsuits. The alleged file sharers were using eDonkey, BitTorrent, DirectConnect, Gnutella, Limewire, WinMX or SoulSeek to acquire files. Because all of the 17 locations have legitimate access to legal download services, “there is no excuse” for the file sharing, according to IFPI chairman John Kennedy.

The IFPI says that it is making consistent progress on the war against file sharing. Out of the 2,300 previously settled cases, the settlement was around $3,030.

Source: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4649

saw it on local news a few days ago, police raided 3 suspect's apartments...

Max_87 · 22nd Oct 2006, 06:43 PM

8000 people?

NBTD......

1031982 · 22nd Oct 2006, 06:52 PM

Interesting... I would think there would be a lot more people getting lawsuits.

ChampionLLY · 22nd Oct 2006, 07:27 PM

but seem like they are catching onli "mp3 uploaders".. hee~

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