You can report these here http://www.icstis.org.uk/ if you make a note of the premium rate number you're asked to call. It doesn't take many complaints for the service to be suspended and big fines are handed out.
One thing I've wondered about is how the BPI are showing losses in order to claim damages.
X people are sharing track.001 Y people download track.001
Joe Bloggs is sued for damages for being a member of X.
Just because Y people downloaded track.001 doesn't show the actual loss - how many would have purchased had they not downloaded? This, IMO, is the true loss - how many real sales were affected?
Having gotten that mystical figure how does the BPI calculate the percentage that Joe Bloggs, as a member of the X sharing group, was responsible for?
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Another example pic is here
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031120.html
It seems to me that DRM is akin to buying a book only for the shop limit the places I can read it.
When viewed in those terms I find it wholly unacceptable and Apple won't be seeing any of my money as a result.
You can report these here http://www.icstis.org.uk/ if you make a note of the premium rate number you're asked to call. It doesn't take many complaints for the service to be suspended and big fines are handed out.
One thing I've wondered about is how the BPI are showing losses in order to claim damages.
X people are sharing track.001
Y people download track.001
Joe Bloggs is sued for damages for being a member of X.
Just because Y people downloaded track.001 doesn't show the actual loss - how many would have purchased had they not downloaded? This, IMO, is the true loss - how many real sales were affected?
Having gotten that mystical figure how does the BPI calculate the percentage that Joe Bloggs, as a member of the X sharing group, was responsible for?