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More Music File-Sharing Lawsuits in Europe

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the at-it-again dept.

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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  1. Re:The War On Drugs = The War on Downloading by phreakv6 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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 ?

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  2. The CAPTCHA challenge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lisped atheism depletes vomited collagen

  3. Reminds of that old joke by Lispy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "A finnish lumberjack, a British postman, a Czech IT manager and a German judge get on a plane..." Ah, you know the rest... :)

    Or those T-shirts...

    Heaven is:
    Finnish lumberjack, a British postman, a Czech IT manager and a German judge

    Hell is.
    a british lumberjack, a czech postman, a german IT manager and a finnish judge...

    Hm, it seems that lunchbreak is not really inspiring to me..

  4. Re:The War On Drugs = The War on Downloading by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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"

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