IFPI nails Taiwan’s AVpeer
p2p news / p2pnet: The Big Four record label cartel’s IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industry) says Taiwan’s AVpeer music has infringed its owners’ copyrights and is now demanding NT$1 billion (about 30,838,974) from the company.
Ministry of Justice investigators raided the home of AVpeer boss Li Chiu-chieh and confiscated 22,282 Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese, Korean and English CDs, “including 11,141 illegal ones” with a total market value of around NT$200 million,says the China Post.
“Relevant servers and computer systems were also seized.”
Li, 39, and three others are said to have downloaded songs from the Kuro and EZpeer sites, “and then solicited members to access their Web site AVpeer through a P2P software program, by charging NT$99 per month or NT$500 half a year,” says the story.
Also See:
China Post – IFPI Taiwan seeks NT$1 bil. for IPR violation, March 17, 2006
