More Music File-Sharing Lawsuits in Europe

rfunches writes "The New York Times is reporting that 20,000 cases in 10 countries were brought against file-sharers in Europe, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). '...Users targeted for legal action included a Finnish lumberjack, a British postman, a Czech IT manager and a German judge,' according to the article. More than 70 computers were seized in Italy by authorities investigating illegal file-sharing. IFPI targeted both those who 'illicitly downloaded music' as well as uploaders serving copyrighted material on file-sharing networks. Total music sales were down 3% in 2005 according to the IFPI, with the decline in physical media (e.g. CDs) countered by 'soaring' digital music sales."

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Re:The War On Drugs = The War on Downloading

[phreakv6]

Typically, a copyrighted download doesn't hurt the copyright holder - but in this case, it most certainly does - as Apple UNFAIRLY will get a bad reputation from bugs on these cheap, cruddy PCs will be blamed on OS X.

Do u understand that you cant call applecare to say that iSight on OS X doesnt work on your beige box ?

If you still dont get it..

Can you blame a CDROM maker because it doesnt play DVDs ?

Re:The War On Drugs = The War on Downloading

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

I absolutely guarantee you that NOT ONE of the people downloading the cracked OS X DVD own a LEGAL copy of Tiger - it's only available with the new iMacs & macbook pros.

I also resent my post being labelled "fanboist comment"