14 DAY TRIAL // After a short time of calm, pursuing and punishing of "the dangerous criminals" who illegally download copyrighted multimedia files is back in the attention of organizations like BPI (British Phonographic Industry). This organization will make miserable the life of 33 persons charged with providing hundreds of songs through the P2P networks.
With this new "capture", BPI's performance amounts to 90 cases of digital music piracy. Among these, 23 have already paid fines of 2,000 pounds each.
Despite the efforts of authorities, the phenomenon of file sharing goes on. "Although a great number of users has understood the importance of using legal services for obtaining digital format music, too many Internet surfers ignore these measures and continue to illegally share multimedia content", said an BPI spokesman.
The international organization IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) made a statement simultaneously with BPI, declaring that it will initiate a much more consistent action against file-sharing adepts by charging 963 persons with illegally providing or obtaining music files. These pirates that have to be stopped at any cost are not pursued only in Great Britain and United States, but also in another 11 countries. Finland, Iceland, Ireland and Holland are also initiating actions against Internet surfers who illegally download music.
Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Great Britain are continuing their actions against P2P users. Until now, in Europe, 248 users have had trouble with the law and were fined with 3,000 pounds. The Japanese have not remained indifferent to this phenomenon and are also launching actions against pirating users.