BPI Sue AllOfMp3 In British Courts

Ckwop writes "AllOfMp3 is getting sued by the British Phonographic Industry. From the article: "We have maintained all along that this site is illegal and that the operator of the site is breaking UK law by making sound recordings available to UK-based customers without the permission of copyright owners. Now we will have the opportunity to demonstrate in the UK courts the illegality of this site." " The issue of course will be whether any injunction will be enforceable or not.

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British Pornographic Industry?!

[dreddnott]

Who else read the summary as "Pornographic Industry" rather than Phonographic?

I think I've been on the Internet for far too long...

Re:Blowing in the wind

[oahazmatt]

If Russian Courts can't close a russian website how does the BPI expect a British court to manage any better ?

They have a warmer, fuzzier accent. Less "k"s and "z"s per word.

So let me get this straight...

[damburger]

"But the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) says the Roms licence is not legitimate and it would not cover consumers in other countries even if it was."

So you can be sued for breaking licensing laws in the countries where consumers are?

This is disturbing, because the way the internet works is that its like a load of tubes (not trucks) and some of these connect different countries. So you could be sued for publishing something on the internet if its illegal in any country where it can be read, in theory.

Re:So let me get this straight...

[MindStalker]

the way the internet works is that its like a load of tubes (not trucks)

You owe me a new keyboard, preferbably wireless with an LCD, did phantom ever come out with the full lcd keyboard?

Typical for British law enforcement

[Weaselmancer]

"Stop! Or I shall say 'stop' again!"

Re:Did somebody else read that...

[BecomingLumberg]

Don't knock it... it was #1 for 90 years running. Thats a little stronger than the Minidisk...

Re:Blowing in the wind

[pr0nbot]

Some possible outcomes:

1)

BPI: "Russians bad! Stop Russians!"
JUDGE: "Russia != UK, bugger off"

2)

BPI: "Russians bad!"
JUDGE: "Indeed."
BPI: "Stop Russians!"
JUDGE: "Wish I could mate. But... Russia != UK?"
BPI: "Customers bad! Stop customers!"
JUDGE: "Speak to the government if you want that legislation."

Re:Visibility is key

[Thorsten Timberlake]

You must be new here... On Earth.

Re:AllOfMP3 has me spending

[jdcook]

"You really seem to work for RIAA/whatever. You speak too well."

Slashdot has finally bottomed: basic literacy now marks you as teh man.

Re:Blowing in the wind

[surprise_audit]

I think it'll go something like this:

BPI: "OK, we've proved in court that you're illegal. Shut that site down or we raise the price of CDs shipped to Russia. Maybe we'll even *stop* shipping CDs to Russia!"

AllOfMp3: "Oooh, we're scared!! Just kidding!! Go ahead and shut down shipments. People will buy more downloads and we could use the extra revenue..."

Re:And people wonder why (Re:So they sue....)

[TheJediGeek]

I don't know about you, but I prefer good old fashioned cds; atleast then you know what you're purchasing.

Yeah... like a rootkit...