Music Industry Suits Could Bankrupt Pirate Party Members

Posted by timothy on Saturday December 15, 2012 @12:32PM from the joint-and-several dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Music industry group BPI has threatened legal action against six members of the UK Pirate Party, after the party refused to take its Pirate Bay proxy offline. BPI seems to want to hold the individual members of the party responsible for copyright infringements that may occur via the proxy, which puts them at risk of personal bankruptcy. Pirate Party leader Loz Kaye criticized the latest music industry threats and reiterated that blocking The Pirate Bay is a disproportionate measure."

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Re:Time to take up a collection, then. by CanEHdian · 2012-12-15 15:27 · Score: 5, Informative

OK, so your comment is Funny...
...but here is how you can help

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Re:Does the UK have SLAPP laws? by fostware · 2012-12-15 17:07 · Score: 5, Informative

+1
Remember their imaginative lawyers are second only to their imaginative accountants - just ask the artists...

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