Suhit Gupta
10-08-2004, 06:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.com.com/Music+industry+sues+459+European+song-swappers/2100-1027_3-5401388.html?tag=nefd.hed' target='_blank'>http://news.com.com/Music+industry+sues+459+European+song-swappers/2100-1027_3-5401388.html?tag=nefd.hed</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The music industry will for the first time sue British, French and Austrian music fans, including a French school teacher, as it intensifies its legal crackdown on Internet song-swappers. The drive singles out users of such popular file-sharing networks as Kazaa, eDonkey and Gnutella where Internet users can download and exchange songs for free. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) trade group said on Thursday it had filed 459 criminal and civil lawsuits against some of the most prolific users of Internet file-sharing networks in the UK, France and Austria. The number includes a second wave of suits in Germany, Italy and Denmark."</i><br /><br />Eh, this news doesn't phase me anymore, mainly on two accounts. First, after the whole craziness with the authorities filing suit against little kids in school, the whole operation feels like a farce. And secondly, when knowing about the lawsuits that are constantly being filed against song-swappers, why are people still doing it? I mean they are basically bringing this upon themselves.