Illegal downloads ‘fuelled by p2p apps’
p2pnet news | Music:- “Illegal music downloads are being fuelled by file-sharing applications that allow people to share tunes online, the UK record industry has warned.”
So says Silicon.com’s Data Lockdown.
Really? Like, people are using P2P applications to share music?
This startling conclusion comes from Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG’s BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) in the shape of BPI “internet investigations executive” Jollyon Benn, says the story.
“More people than ever are able to illegally swap their music collections because BitTorrent clients are now so easy to use,” it has Benn saying.
In the hotseat, for the moment, is Limewire which is fast becoming the Big 4’s principal P2P whipping boy now Kazaa has moved over to the wrong side of the tracks —- or the right one, if you happen to be Kazaa’s owners, Sharman Networks, or the corporate music industry.
“Benn said that increasing numbers of people are sharing music over clients such as LimeWire in the false belief they are not breaking the law,” says Data Lockdown, going on to quote him as stating >>>
The latest version of LimeWire includes a BitTorrent client in it and the user interface has got much more friendly. It is opening it up to a lot of people, it all comes down to how easy it is to do these things.
We talk to a lot of people who say ‘We thought that it was legal…because we got the premium version of LimeWire’. It is one of our challenges to make people understand the implications of what they are doing.
Not to worry, though.
“The BPI is working with the international recording industry body the IFPI to develop bots and agents that are able to sniff out networks illegally sharing music online,” says the story, adding the BPI is, “concentrating on taking down larger networks sharing hundreds of thousands of tracks rather than individuals with a couple of hundred songs”.
(Thanks catflap)
Data Lockdown – UK record industry in illegal file-sharing crackdown , March 27, 2008
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March 28th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
The UK record industry has warned us about the obvious. Like that’s news.
March 29th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Just lower your prices YOU RETARDS.