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Album Releases Stopped by Rock Label as Protest against P2P
The negative impact record labels claim illegal file sharing has on music album sales has determined prominent Finnish rock label Lions Music to adopt a radical stance, recently announcing its refusal to sign new artists until government officials have found feasible solutions to the problem. According to Lions Music president Lars Eric Mattsson, illegal file sharing works both in the detriment of record labels and artists, giving the latter no chance to release their albums and build their careers in the music business. Mattsson hopes that the protest of an influential figure such as Lions Music will persuade politicians to get more involved in stopping P2P sites that are currently functioning in Finland.
Continue reading »Better Throttling than Disconnecting, Says Musician
In the light of the latest events linked to p2p regulations, such as Lord Mandelson’s announcement for implementing disconnection plans and EU’s scheduled amendment for the current legislation which we reported earlier today , file sharers could still benefit from a discarded “three strikes” piracy model. One of the artists opposing such a model has always been Radiohead’s guitarist Ed O'Brien, who while not supporting UK government's decision to enforce the cutting-off plans, believes that something must be done to stop online piracy and he sees bandwidth throttling as a good solution. Here are some good points why “three strikes” legislation is, ultimately an aberration.
Continue reading »Germany’s Constantin Film targets file sharers
German movie company Constantin Film, co-producer of the Harry Alan Towers Fu Manchu series and the three famous Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns , has decided bad and ugly is the way to go. It’s started the first mass enforcement effort against file sharers, recently identifying more than 10,000 file alleged sharers as infringers, and sending threatening letters to about 500 of them, says Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, quoted by the P2P Blog . “The company is using these letters to demand out-of-court settlements, asking for 800 Euros (about 1000 USD) per infringing work as well as the promise to not commit any further acts of infringement,” says the story.
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