The British music industry announced Thursday that it will begin issuing legal warnings to the nation’s most prolific online song swappers—its strongest declaration yet that lawsuits are on the way.
“The message we want to put out today is that file-sharers are on notice that if they continue with their activities they risk court action,’’ said a spokesman for industry trade group British Phonograph Industry (BPI).
The music industry blames Internet file-sharing services such as Kazaa and WinMX for creating a massive black market of free songs that is contributing to declining global CD sales.
“Serial uploaders are flouting the law and they are damaging British music and the British music industry,’’ BPI Chairman Peter Jamieson said in a statement. [more @ www.news.com]