UK Record Industry Starts Suing Filesharers

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has the story that the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has started a first set of lawsuits against UK file sharers. 23 people paid £50,000 to settle out of court. This is the first time people in the UK have been fined, and probably won't be the last. From the article: "We are determined to find people who illegally distribute music, whichever peer-to-peer network they use, and to make them compensate the artists and labels they are stealing from."

Comments

Hmm...

[Living WTF]

How many of these 23 people were under 10 or over 80 years old? And did at least half of them own a computer?

Kids these days

[Kimos]

Some parents have been genuinely shocked to discover what their children have been up to

If that's all your kids have been up to on the internet when you're not watching, you're in OK shape...

Re:Kids these days

[The Amazing Fish Boy]

If that's all your kids have been up to on the internet when you're not watching, you're in OK shape...

I know! I just found out my boy was posting on some nerd forum where they have some fetish for penguins, grits, apples, and "OSS". (I assume this "OSS" is a spelling of "ass" where the "a" is stretched disproportionately. I've seen some disturbing pictures on that site he visits!)

You try and try and try to raise them right, but....

Overheard in a squalid housing estate...

[Rude Turnip]

Quick Vyvyan! Eat the hard drive!