Italian DJ nailed by local RIAA
p2pnet.net News:- A "well known" Italian DJ has been lumbered with Europe’s biggest fine for alleged music downloading.
He’s been ordered to pay $1.8 million (e1.4 million ) and also faces criminal prosecution, law enforcement officials working Big Music cartel enforcers say.
“The fine follows a raid mounted by Italian police earlier this week on a popular nightclub in Rieti, a town between Rome and Assisi,” says The Register.
“During the investigation, officers seized over 2,000 MP3 files and 500 music videos.
“FIMI, the Italian equivalent of the Recording Industry Ass. of America (RIAA), welcomed the whopping fine. ‘We hope this precedent will serve as a deterrent for those who are thinking of doing the same," said FIMI director Enzo Mazza’.”
The RIAA has now notched up 8,500 lawsuits against Americans who share music with each other.
None of the cases has ever seen the light of day in a court.
Earlier this month, in France’s first prosecution for file sharing, a teacher was nailed for e10,200 (almost 13,350).
The case sparked a huge outcry.
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See:-
lumbered - DJ fined €1.4m for massive ‘illegal’ music cache, The Register, February 17, 2005
notched up – Silenced by Big Music, p2pnet, February 6, 2005
nailed – IFPI pleased with French ruling, p2pnet, February 4, 2005
February 17th, 2005 at 5:24 pm
I know it does not change the legal status of this situation, but I was wondering, how many CDs do you think this DJ helped to sell by playing tracks in the club he works at? Also, is it just me, or does the $1.8 MILLION fine PLUS criminal prosecution make the FIMI case sound ridiculous? Cripes, you’d be better of getting busted for killing someone… And boy, 2000 MP3s being a “massive ‘illegal’ music cache”. Guess I know lots of people who should be executed for having massive ‘illegal’ music caches…
February 17th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
he may have downloaded a lot of that music… but what about the stuff he DID buy??? are they gonna sue him for that too?
and i still dont believe that downloading music is illegal…
February 17th, 2005 at 11:01 pm
Many dj’s work with digital gear now. My friend knows someone who’se primary gear are twin ipods.
He probably has thousands of cd’s lining his walls. Just because there are mp3’s on his computer doesnt mean they came from the internet. The transformations are necessary for his trade and are probably sanctioned under contract somewhere. What a crock.
February 18th, 2005 at 8:59 am
i’ve ocasionally heard it on radio. his fellow brasilian musician was complaining about this case. he afirmed that the guy usually uses “burned” music at his sessions. burned doesn’t really imply downloaded, i guess, it’s just a back up copy. 1,8 sounds really ridiculous. what do i get for dealing with drugs, maybe it’s less dangerous. just kidding. anyway, they got a DJ now and maybe now the DJs start to protest against this shit too.
August 19th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
screw the riaa and big brother govt wanting to regulate everything!!