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BPI wins landmark file-sharing case
News The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has won a landmark legal victor against two British citizens who distributed music over the Internet using peer-to-peer file-sharing programs, it announced on Friday.
[January 27, 2006, 16:40]
BPI wins landmark file-sharing case
Talkback Well done BPI ! The Fat Cat gets its mouse. The UK has hes been over priced for its music since the days of eddison's gramaphone. Now that technology gives the individual equal powers to the people they go to the courts with their fat wallets.
[January 27, 2006, 19:19]
The BPI's grand waste of paper
Blog Now that I've written my straight news story on the BPI's imminent scare campaign against illegal filesharing, I thought I'd vent my spleen on the subject. BPI guy: I don't think anyone's going to be threatened.
[July 24, 2008, 16:43]
The BPI's grand waste of paper
Blog Comment I have nothing but utter contempt for the BPI, their misinformation, half-truths and outright lies. Well said. The public are sick of the music industry's greed, and many - who would never think of copyright infringement themselves - are more and...
[July 25, 2008, 10:00]
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[September 5, 2006, 0:00]
BPI hosts Internet music conference
News The conference -- Music.It's The Business -- will tackle the many issues facing the music industry as music moves into the digital arena. The growth of the popular music download format MP3, fears about copyright infringement and piracy are just...
[April 22, 1999, 9:56]
BPI wins landmark file-sharing case
Talkback i wouldnt mind purchasing music files off of the nte if it was easy, as in go to a site, find the track, pay via paypal and download it - done! you have to register, read the newsletter, check for updates, browse the site, locate the artist...
[January 31, 2006, 18:04]
BPI wins landmark file-sharing case
Talkback Yeah i think a product is too expensive so I steal it,! Sometimes i think a good 90% of the people on this board are just criminals
[January 27, 2006, 19:47]
BPI wins landmark file-sharing case
Talkback Well go ahead that don't change anything.over 100 million people all over the world is using a file sharing software. Why not try to put 100 million ppl in jail. Don't think so.million ppl is a too big mass.
[January 27, 2006, 20:32]
BPI wins landmark file-sharing case
Talkback Nah just give a 5 year ban to work in the computer industry any involved in computer crime (ie music/software piracy) from working in the computer industry, that should pretty much destroy the linux 'movement'
[January 27, 2006, 21:28]
BPI wins landmark file-sharing case
Talkback Yes true stealing is illegal but what these people seem to forget is that if it the MP3 underground copying people had been stopped completely in the early days, things like MP3 players, and Ipods and the like wouldnt even exist today
[January 28, 2006, 7:44]
BPI wins landmark file-sharing case
Talkback I wonder just how many of the mega rich rock stars that this action protects actually pay their taxes? Over to you, Sir Mick, Sir Elton.
[January 28, 2006, 8:26]
UK record industry hits back at file-swappers
Talkback More bullsh*t and scaremongering from the BPI. The BPI have taken no action as yet and will not do so in the future because they know that a case is impossible to prove in a UK court. Hypocrisy is rife and the BPI is bluffing.
[March 26, 2004, 10:57]
Record industry accuses BT of aiding pirates
Talkback It is not their place to monitor and police the internet, and p2p file sharing.BPI are having a joke arent they? All I can say is the BPI are getting desperate now if they resort to taking Potshots and BT Openworld.
[September 4, 2003, 13:25]
British Phonographic Industry ticks off RealNetworks
News The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) will fire off a missive to RealNetworks for failing to alert users on copyright issues with its CD Streamer product - a product it markets for US software company, Super Planet.
[September 9, 1998, 16:20]
UK gets tough on music swappers
News The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is likely to bring further legal action against UK citizens accused of sharing copyright-protected files over the Internet. Late last week the BPI won a court ruling that will force six UK ISPs to name 31...
[March 14, 2005, 16:35]
British ISPs forced to reveal customers' personal data
News Trade association The British Phonographic Association (BPI) which last week vowed to bring 28 illegal music uploaders to justice, has secured a High Court action to force the internet service providers to come up with the identities of the...
[October 15, 2004, 12:25]
Record industry accuses BT of aiding pirates
News The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has accused BT of aiding and abetting illegal file-sharing by refusing to adopt a hard-line approach to peer-to-peer networks. Tony Henderson, a spokesman for BT Openworld, said: "We were surprised and...
[March 18, 2003, 10:27]
EasyInternetCafe gagging order reaches court
News The attempt by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) to impose a gagging order on EasyInternetCafe to prevent the cafe group from discussing the ongoing CD burning row with the press has been postponed.
[September 26, 2002, 13:21]
Amazon.com implicated in CD-import row
Talkback Well CD-Wow and the BPI have settled out of court, which I guess means that the BPI have more money and lawyers and the British Public have lost out as usual. I went to the BPI website, they actually have the cheek to popup a banner asking you to...
[January 22, 2004, 13:54]
