Big Music stomps Hungarian sites
p2pnet news | P2P:- Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG’s IFPI (International Federation of Phornographic Industry) have coerced Hungarian police into raiding release sites RAGEMP3 and XXL.
In one of the most laughable attempts at self-inflation yet, IFPI mouthperson Jeremy Banks says despite “high security,” the Big 4 copyright outfit and “anti-piracy” ProArt, “were able to infiltrate these servers, gather proof of infringement and provide the Hungarian authorities with the evidence they require to take action against said sites”. (Sound of applause.)
But, “What the IFPI doesn’t indicate are the long term consequences for RAGEMP3 and XXL,” says Slyck, adding:
“Although one of their servers has been knocked off line, their organizational structure is likely still intact. No arrests have been made, and it’s likely the servers that were raided were not the only ones used by the operation.
“Top sites, as their name indicate, are the top tier hierarchy of the online distribution world. Most often, its at this point where information trickles down to the common masses. From the top sites, information passes on to the newsgroups and BitTorrent, and finally, whatever scraps are left over are dumped into the P2P market.”
‘Music counterfeiting operation’
Another of the Big 4’s faux police units, the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association of America), is still reeling from a badly bungled ‘enforcement’ effort of its own.
It fired out a slew of puff pieces bragging about how it’d closed down audiomaxxx.com, and which were dutifully repeated by the mainstream media just as though the releases represented accurate information from a reliable organisation.
“Following a year-long investigation by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), the RCMP has shut down Audiomaxxx.com Ltd., a major alleged music counterfeiting operation in Winnipeg, and filed criminal charges against four individuals,” said the Winnipeg Sun.
However, the CRIA was forced to recant, saying >>>
In the CRIA media release of March 6, it was erroneously reported that RCMP had filed criminal charges against four people in connection with the RCMP investigation into Audiomaxxx.com Ltd. CRIA has received information that no one has been charged with an offence in respect of this matter.
In the same media release, it was also reported that Raj Singh Ramgotra was among those arrested. CRIA cannot confirm the identities of any of those arrested and therefore retracts its statement to the effect that Mr. Ramgotra was arrested.
CRIA regrets the error.
Error? It was a huge screw-up. Did the lamescream media leap on it with the same gusto they’d reported the so-called bust? You know the answer.
Don’t bother to stay tuned.
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Also See:
IFPI – Police raids knock out Hungarian topsites, March 19, 2008
Slyck – IFPI Takes out MP3 Top Site Serve, March 19, 2008
badly bungled – Huge CRIA audiomaxxx.com screw up, March 9, 2008
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