Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Australian Record Industry Goes After the Red Cross

Posted by michael on from the nothing-better-to-do dept.

cavaroc writes "Wired is reporting that the Australian record labels are now threatening the International Red Cross for being a beneficiary of Sharman Networks. They said they'd politely ask them to cooperate, but that if they didn't cooperate, 'It would be incredibly disappointing if we had to sue them.' My favorite quote from the article: 'We never take a case against technology, we will take cases against people who use technology to take away our artists' property.' They're expected to sue themselves sometime early next year. ;-)"

3 of 23 comments (clear)

  1. Whew! by SetupWeasel · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was beginning to think that all the insane power-hungry morons came from the US or at least moved here (I'm looking at you, Rupert Murdoch).

    It's refreshing to think that my country isn't the source of ALL evil in the world.

  2. Watch for them to sue tin-shaking collectors by leonbrooks · · Score: 3, Funny

    Have you paid for a licence to use that rhythm, sir?

    --
    Got time? Spend some of it coding or testing
  3. International Red Cross by obeythefist · · Score: 3, Funny

    They probably heard you could get illegal files from "IRC" so the lawyers grabbed the nearest phone book.

    --
    I am government man, come from the government. The government has sent me. -- G.I.R.