Comments on: U.K. gets tough on music swappers

British music industry is likely to bring further legal action against those accused of illegally downloading tunes.

File sharing isn't going to kill anyone...

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i see the future

Sooner than later George Bush and his Blair witch monkey will declare war on file sharing. Songswapers will be rounded up and brought secretly to Guantanamo bay. There they will get sensory deprivation and electroshocks till they get this into their heads: sharing songs everybody hears on the radio is very wrong. Paying 14$ on a Brittney spears cd which costs 1.4$ to make is very good.

[stevezd]

UK Gets Tough on File Swapers

RE: "In terms of behavioral change, the U.K. government has broadcast the dangers of drunk driving, but people still drunk drive," said the BPI spokesman.

This would be laughable if these people were not serious. What is next - Martial Law??? Who voted in the people in who make (and enforce) our laws? It is getting to the point that govenment is not answerable to anyone!!!!

What about the real pirates - the music industry itself!

How come everyone except the media industries knows that the best way to beat piracy is to sell CD's, DVD's and software at a reasonable price!
If you could buy a new CD or DVD for £5 you wouldn't bother with a pirate copy, would you?

The amount of money the industry spends on anti-piracy lawsuits, macrovision protection, etc could easily cover the price reduction per disc and the increased volume of sales would be proof.

When you see unknown musicians on MTV cribs in their big mansions, film stars getting $20 per movie and Bill Gates still the world's richest man, how can they seriously tell us that piracy is harming their businesses!
No doubt when the next CD and DVD formats come out we will be expected to bin our existing discs and re-purchase our entire collection just to line the pockets of these greedy companies.

Yes, piracy is rife in the music, film and software industry, but the pirates belong to the industry itself!

[John Kuzak]

What is next - Martial Law

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The real pirates are the music, film and software companies!

How come everyone except the media industries knows that the best way to beat piracy is to sell CD's, DVD's and software at a reasonable price!
If you could buy a new CD or DVD for £5 you wouldn't bother with a pirate copy, would you?

The amount of money the industry spends on anti-piracy lawsuits, macrovision protection, etc could easily cover the price reduction per disc and the increased volume of sales would be proof.

When you see unknown musicians on MTV cribs in their big mansions, film stars getting $20 million per movie and Bill Gates still the world's richest man, how can they seriously tell us that piracy is harming their businesses!
No doubt when the next CD and DVD formats come out we will be expected to bin our existing discs and re-purchase our entire collection just to line the pockets of these greedy companies.

Yes, piracy is rife in the music, film and software industry, but the pirates belong to the industry itself!