BPI Sue AllOfMp3 In British Courts 433
Ckwop writes "AllOfMp3 is getting sued by the British Phonographic Industry. From the article:
"We have maintained all along that this site is illegal and that the operator of the site is breaking UK law by making sound recordings available to UK-based customers without the permission of copyright owners. Now we will have the opportunity to demonstrate in the UK courts the illegality of this site."
" The issue of course will be whether any injunction will be enforceable or not.
British Pornographic Industry?! (Score:3, Funny)
I think I've been on the Internet for far too long...
Re:Blowing in the wind (Score:5, Funny)
So let me get this straight... (Score:5, Funny)
So you can be sued for breaking licensing laws in the countries where consumers are?
This is disturbing, because the way the internet works is that its like a load of tubes (not trucks) and some of these connect different countries. So you could be sued for publishing something on the internet if its illegal in any country where it can be read, in theory.
Typical for British law enforcement (Score:5, Funny)
"Stop! Or I shall say 'stop' again!"
Re:Did somebody else read that... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So let me get this straight... (Score:3, Funny)
You owe me a new keyboard, preferbably wireless with an LCD, did phantom ever come out with the full lcd keyboard?
Re:Blowing in the wind (Score:3, Funny)
1)
BPI: "Russians bad! Stop Russians!"
JUDGE: "Russia != UK, bugger off"
2)
BPI: "Russians bad!"
JUDGE: "Indeed."
BPI: "Stop Russians!"
JUDGE: "Wish I could mate. But... Russia != UK?"
BPI: "Customers bad! Stop customers!"
JUDGE: "Speak to the government if you want that legislation."
Re:Visibility is key (Score:3, Funny)
Re:AllOfMP3 has me spending (Score:4, Funny)
Slashdot has finally bottomed: basic literacy now marks you as teh man.
Re:Blowing in the wind (Score:3, Funny)
BPI: "OK, we've proved in court that you're illegal. Shut that site down or we raise the price of CDs shipped to Russia. Maybe we'll even *stop* shipping CDs to Russia!"
AllOfMp3: "Oooh, we're scared!! Just kidding!! Go ahead and shut down shipments. People will buy more downloads and we could use the extra revenue..."
Re:And people wonder why (Re:So they sue....) (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah... like a rootkit...