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Jan
The record industry has won a landmark court case resulting in bills of thousands of pounds for individuals caught illegally swapping music on the internet.
Civil court proceedings were announced against the music fans in August last year. Five individuals have been accused of, between them, making 8,906 songs available to millions of people around the globe.
Today’s announcement follows high court action against two of the five who refused to settle with the British Phonographic Industry, the UK’s record industry’s trade association.
The cases, in which both men were ordered to stop filesharing illegally, are the first of their kind to be heard in the British courts. The other three civil cases are pending.
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