When Will the Suits Stop = IFPI FILES 8,000 NEW LAWSUITS

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IFPI FILES 8,000 NEW LAWSUITS

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
announced that it has filed 8,000 new lawsuits against individuals
accused of uploading copyrighted music files on P2P services including
BitTorrent, eDonkey, SoulSeek and WinMX. Individuals named in the
lawsuits are from 17 countries, including, for the first time, users in
Brazil, Poland, and Mexico. Some lawsuits were filed against the
parents of minors accused of illegally sharing copyrighted music. John
Kennedy, chairman and chief executive of IFPI, said that with the
proliferation of legal online music services, no one named in a lawsuit
has an excuse for continuing to use illegal services. Critics of the
ongoing legal action against illegal file sharing contend that the drop
in CD sales in recent years is unrelated to online networks of file
traders.

BBC, 17 October 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6058912.stm