International Music Industry Amps Up Anti-P2P War

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday October 17, 2006 @04:27AM from the sharing-the-pain-across-the-globe dept.

newtley writes to mention a BBC article discussing a new initiative against file-sharers by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. This international version of the MPAA is breathing down the necks of 8,000 users of file-sharing software. From the article: "The new cases cover file sharers in 17 different countries who have been allegedly using sites including BitTorrent, eDonkey, SoulSeek and WinMX. For the first time legal action is being taken in Brazil, Mexico and Poland. The IFPI said the actions affect a wide-variety of people: a laboratory assistant has been charged in Finland, while a parson has been served with action in Germany."

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Vinyl to mp3 converter? by Admin_Jason · 2006-10-17 04:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I didn't know there was a converter kit for migrating vinyl tracks off an LP to your PC. That must plug into my ISA slot on the 386sx. Yes, the hoardes of people who are digitizing vinyl tracks and then getting scads of people downloading them represent an imminent threat to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. And I bet you can almost hear the music over the static!

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