First RIAA, now BNI!

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Apologies if anyone’s already posted this; I didn’t see it if they have.

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/8024

I got a message just now, while I have KazaaLite downloading anime, that claimed to be from the British Phonographic Industry (which I initially misread as ‘pornographic’ ^^’ Go figure), and basically told me to stop sharing any music files. It wasn’t personalised - more like a mass mailed message, but it seemed literate and feasible so I google-searched it. The only music files I have on my comp are obscure, foreign tracks anyway :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyone else heard anything on this?

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Uh, wouldn’t it be “BPI” and not “BNI”?

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BNP maybe? >_>

I’ve never gotten anything like this. Anyone have any information about whether the BPI are adpoting an RIAA-like policy?

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I read on some Newsweek some weeks ago that european associations were preparing to do to european file sharers the same things RIAA is doing in US.

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Yea, the BNP is probably for England, like the RIAA is for the US.

Eithe way, it’s still a load of crap. They like to act like we’re making them poor, when they make millions of dollars every other week. Besides, I haven’t heard any bands/artists bitching or whining.

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Doesn’t Metallica ring a bell to you, Peter?

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Arrr. I forgot about that whole Metallica/Napster incident.

Leave me alone. I hate you. =(

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It doesn’t matter anyway. Most of the file sharers have begun to migrate to lesser-known networks and programs, while the RIAA loses money every time they go to trial as they become an international laughingstock. In other words, their plans are doomed to failure.