Friday, January 19, 2007

NEWS: Music Industry Threatens to Sue ISPs

The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) is threatening to sue ISPs directly if they don't disconnect music pirates. The move comes after the IFPI had much success in 2006 with major wins in court against file sharing programs like Kazaa and thousand of individuals. A Spokesman from the Internet Service Providers Association claimed that there was no way to monitor all the packets being sent over their networks and claimed that it is not their responsibility to monitor their customers. For more information read The Independent's story here.

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