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Thread ID: 55199	2005-03-05 04:58:00	Sad Day.....	Scouse (83)	PC World Chat

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330821	2005-03-05 04:58:00	Parents of net music thieves to be fined £4000 By David Derbyshire and Matt Born (Filed: 05/03/2005) Parents whose children illegally swap music over the internet could be fined at least £4,000 following a landmark legal settlement announced yesterday. British record labels said 23 people who shared thousands of tracks unlawfully were forced to pay compensation totalling £50,000. Kazaa is a peer-to-peer network that offers free sharing of files The "online thieves" included a councillor, an IT director and parents of children who had used peer-to-peer music sharing websites. Some had put 9,000 songs on the internet for others to share. In at least two cases, the parents had no idea that their children were using the family computer to swap thousands of songs with strangers. The British Phonographic Industry, which is leading the battle against music pirates, said only the most prolific file sharers were being tracked down and fined. As it became clear that some of the "prolific" downloaders were sharing only a few hundred songs, the BPI said it was bringing legal action against a further 31 suspects. :cool:	Scouse (83)
330822	2005-03-05 05:24:00	Parents of net music thieves to be fined £4000 By David Derbyshire and Matt Born (Filed: 05/03/2005) Parents whose children illegally swap music over the internet could be fined at least £4,000 following a landmark legal settlement announced yesterday. British record labels said 23 people who shared thousands of tracks unlawfully were forced to pay compensation totalling £50,000. Kazaa is a peer-to-peer network that offers free sharing of files The "online thieves" included a councillor, an IT director and parents of children who had used peer-to-peer music sharing websites. Some had put 9,000 songs on the internet for others to share. In at least two cases, the parents had no idea that their children were using the family computer to swap thousands of songs with strangers. The British Phonographic Industry, which is leading the battle against music pirates, said only the most prolific file sharers were being tracked down and fined. As it became clear that some of the "prolific" downloaders were sharing only a few hundred songs, the BPI said it was bringing legal action against a further 31 suspects. :cool: It's like anything,get caught and you are gone!	Cicero (40)
330823	2005-03-05 06:48:00	Parents of net music thieves to be fined £4000 So what is your point? Every now and then I walk past a shop selling CD's DVD's Videos. My choice to buy or not buy is it not? In my view Parents of revolting children should be fined anyway. Half of them don't have a clue about what the children are doing but the Parents should! In my view various Government have taken away rights of Parents which will of course not help. Back to computers. If I found one of my Grandchildren using my computer to download p**n, pirated software etc from the internet then they would not have access again. In your view why should Parents NOT be RESPONSIBLE?	AMD1 (6552)
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