Big Music vs UK file sharers
p2pnet.net News:- It’s no surprise to learn the members of the Big Four music label cartel are extending their sue ‘em all campaign to people who share music online in Europe.
Big Music is already attacking French p2p users and now it’s about to go after Britons with its first legal actions slated for tomorrow, says the BBC.
Owned by the Big Four record labels, EMI (UK), Warner (US), Sony-BMG (Japan and Germany) and UMG (France), the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) blames file sharing for falling singles sales, says the BBC.
In March, European members of the cartel’s International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) filed suits in Germany, Denmark and Italy but at the time, the Big Four hadn’t turned their BPI loose.
Experts around the world say there’s no significant relationship between falling sales and file sharing, but Big Music begs to differ, saying single sales have more than halved in the UK since 1999, “when downloading took off,” says the Beeb.
As the mainstream media slowly begin to turn against the Big Four cartel’s victimization tactics, it appears to be ramping up its efforts against file sharers
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See:-
sue ‘em all - RIAA sues another 762, p2pnet, October 1, 2006
French p2p – French file share attack, p2pnet, September 30, 2004
legal actions – Net music pirates face UK action, BBC News Online, October 7, 2004
October 7th, 2004 at 5:41 pm
Last I remember UK sales were up.
Lets see if the Brits are gonna take this sitting down helplessly or see if they will stand up against such bullshit.