p2pnet.net News:- Big Music is apparently doing its Godfather number in Japan where five people will pay a total of $21,600 to settle with it for, “the unauthorized distribution of music through online file-swapping programs”.

“Eight record companies asked 13 Internet service providers to disclose information on 44 individuals who they claimed had been illegally distributing music,” says the BigNewsNetwork.

“So far, information on nine individuals has been disclosed, five of whom responded to complaints against them.”

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See:-
Godfather - File sharing, p2p criminals, p2pnet, March 12, 2005
BigNewsNetwork - Online music file-swappers made to pay, July 7, 2005

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