IFPI widens worldwide legal offensive on illegal music file sharers

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2006

LONDON (AFP) — More than 8,000 new legal cases have been launched against illegal music downloaders across 17 countries in recent weeks, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has revealed. The new round of legal action continues to target file-sharers -- people who place copyrighted songs onto Internet file-sharing websites and offer them to millions of web surfers without permission.

In Poland, the IFPI is specifically targeting people who upload music onto Internet file-sharing networks. The industry-sponsored IFPI has been at the forefront of battle against pirated digital music and aims to usher increasing numbers of consumers into legal, paying channels. The cases, which include criminal and civil lawsuits, target 17 countries, including for...