BPI To Sue Uk Users of P2P

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I read this on Slyks forum and I happen to agree with it wholeheartedly .
We seriously need to get answers to a few questions from those BPI jokers , whose pocket is the blank cassette and "audio" cd levy money (earmarked for the industry and paid to them ) going into ? ,because if they intend to sue they should not be receiving this voluntary amount taken on all sales of those products .
Also the same applies to "damaged media" if my copy of a cd is damaged will they replace it at cost ? I have paid for the right to listen to it , more overcharging ?.
Another fiddle is to try to sell copy protected disks as ordinary ones complying with the cd orange book standard , they do not comply and this is blatant false advertising and against uk law.
I ask any solicitors amongst our ranks to furnish us with the relevant sections of the trades description act and so we can individually sue the record companies and see how they like 1000 ppl in different courts getting court orders to remove the offending item from store shelves.
Finally how can they talk about costs when I can have the same product inported from america for a whole lot les than it costs to buy it here ?
Whos agrees that they should put there own house in order before singling out a few hundred poor fools .
My advice to anyone who is caught is to sign away all your goods to a brother or sister(dated a few months back ) and plead poverty as they cant take what you dont own , including a computer "leased" to you
Are our right being breached here ? Where does the data protection act apply to ppl who are falsely accused of file sharing ? (the bpi court order is said to apply in cases of "suspected " file sharing) , hardly fair and just


I hope this is taken seriously by all the british ppl as a backdoor attack against our rights as I dont see why I should have my ISP reveal my private information just on a "Hunch" or a "suspected infringement" who will vet all the false allegations that may be used to trawl ISP files ?


http://www.bpi.co.uk/ (See BPI news threads )
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I wonder what happend to the rights of privacy, most artists, especially the ones that not yet hit the charts are happy by this kind of advertising they get, its their road to the future.
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Exactly Alex I know a lot of aspiring artists use the net and P2P to showcase their work and get feedback on it , this is another sledge hammer to crack a walnut , and I think opinion will turn against them in the long run,they seem to put there rights above everyone elses.
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Once again we hear the music industry shouting and screaming about file sharing, gun weilding, plane hijacking music lovers.

The BPI would have us believe that they are in a total state of poverty and that they are being robbed of millions. THEM BEING ROBBED? They have been treating us like muppets for sometime and will continue to do for some time to come.

We have always "stolen" music from somewhere just as us musicians have "stolen" loads of stuff over the years to develop. People love music and music distributes itself and thats how it has always has and should be. I myself have "stolen" music from the net but to be honest 90% of it is ***** and never sees they light of day. The following 10% should I like them enough I will end up buying anyway, just because I feel I want to own the product (so artists I really like still get thier dough) and anyway in many cases thbe money going back to the performing artist amounts to less than 1%

In reality the record industry is in a healthy state and has been for some time and will continue to be. For small labels and independant artists as Quicks rightly pointed out the web has opened up many opportunities for these artists. How else could I be getting radio play in Canada F.F.S and I know of many others who have got their material to a wider audience this way and are very happy about it.

So back to our wonderful industry, being that they work with recording artists a lot you can forgive them for taking on these diva like drama queen antics, I mean if you sign release and distribute the work of Gerri Halliwell some of it rub off.

But really, have YOU seen Jamelia or Westlife shopping at *****? I haven't and ok Britney Spears LOOKS like she shops at ***** but I'm pretty sure they are only trading in the UK (she may well stock up her travels though).

Until that day comes I really don't give a ***** for all the BPI's whining and will continue to tell as many people about the joys of downloading from the internet, continue to search for those unknown artists and "steal" a little of the majors, Robin Hood stylee!

And most of all....

PLAY THE BONGOS!!!
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Why has the forum blocked me from saying PEAKOKS? (spelt differently to avoid the cut). I know its a bit of a lowly clothes shop and is aimed at societies misfits (but they do great stuff for doing the gardening in- so says my mum) but does it realy deserve that kind of treatment? :D
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