UK Record Industry Sues 'Major Filesharers'

Joel Rowbottom writes "The British Phonographic Institute has warned that it is about to engage in a round of legal action against file-sharing users, following in the footsteps of the RIAA. Apparently they are 'safeguarding the future of music' - don't you just feel so secure and cuddly knowing that?" Their statement is available.

Comments

In the red corner, spotty teenager...

[pandrijeczko]

This is gonna be FUN!

Let's look at the facts:

1. Teenagers and those under or around the age of 25 do most of the file-sharing.

2. The same age-group buy all the formulaic "music-by-numbers" trash that infests the music charts.

3. The record companies make their profits from plastic, injection-moulded pop star clones because those are the "musicians" (term used loosely) who they can pay to spit out a few MOBO ballads and then ditch them when they start demanding too much money after a couple of successful soulless singles.

So, either the BPI wins in which case spotty teenager can no longer download his music and has to be a lot more discerning in his musical tastes...

or

spotty teenager wins and it no longer becomes productive for record companies to churn out Britney Sucks clones or boy bands...

Hell, I don't know about you guys but I'm getting a front row seat with my Led Zeppelin CDs, a bag of popcorn and a big bucket of coke!