oxygene Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Music industry 'nails UK pirates' "The UK music industry has claimed victory in its first battle with illegal file-sharers after 23 people paid £50,000 to settle out of court." BBC News Story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Spintastic. I don't believe that those people paid all that money. I think the BPI are scared of it going to court because the downloaders would either get off or get a small fine. So they offered the downloaders a get-out on condition that they agreed to pretend they had to pay a lot of money. I mean, why would the BPI want to settle out of court? £50k is nothing to them. If they really want to stop downloaders why not make an example of a few folks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Yeah £50k is a pointless drop in the ocean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 I wish it had gone to court. It would have been funny if the offenders had been fined thirty quid or somesuch amount. The BPI can't risk that happening because folks would think 'Thirty quid if I get caught? So what?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 " Some parents have been genuinely shocked to discover what their children have been up to " That is the best ones I have heard for ages. Laughed till it hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 "I thought he was downloading porn" said one genuinely shocked parent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 you just have to go to local car boot sales to see the huge amount of people selling games films and music. they the people they need to make an example of. its them that are making big money out of it. they should come down hard on the people who run car boot sales who allow it to go on. if they fined them £10,000 it would soon make them stop it going on. there is a big car boot sale in leeds run by the council. lots of stalls sell designer goods and you always got it in your mind they are snide copys. i think the whole downloading thing off net is out of control. i have been to a mates house and they had a very big list of pirate dvd`s they can get from a local supplier it was 12 a4 pages of dvd films and 2 pages of x-box games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewizzy Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 I would NEVER illegally download films from the internet........... Were the people who were caught uploading to usenet servers, or filessharing programmes, or selling dodgy illeagle DVD's etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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