[Sticks]

In light of this story

See this link

Would it be an idea to remove from all posts now all music files (I know I have attached some) and put a prohibition.

TiBB users may now be at risk if I read this article correctly

[Romantic Old Bird]

Sticks, I can assure you that I haven't opened my hard drive up to anyone

BUT thanks for the warning!

[BusyBee]

These lawyers will sue anyone if they can and I should know I work for one.

[Sticks]

A colleague at work has told me that their spouse has banned their son from downloading any further music because of this.

[steve_o]

Come on it's not that bad, they can't sue hundreds of thousands of people. If there trying to scare a few people there certainly winning, if you go around doing there job for them Sticks posting threads like this. Get a grip man, they can't do everyone in the world who's downloaded a crappy song or two. I'd like to see them try. Anyway it's in America were there doing it, and can we believe it, or is it just more cooperate spin put about by the media. Us being European will be protected by the Human Rights Law no doubt, which the Yanks could certainly do with, and with which some Ultra Neo Conservatives and corporate money grabbers, in this country would wish we didn't have! All hale to the world Economy the only thing that matters, bigger than Jesus Christ. How about freedom from Greed, Debt, Poverty and Wars for one.Will get of my high horse now.

Controversial

[Mark]

For them to sue everyone in the world who has downloaded music, and all the people who download whilst they are sueing, it will take 4500 years apparently. I think we are fairly safe lol

The 12 year old girl they had sued had downloaded 10,000+ songs. They are only picking on big offenders.

- Mark

[Princess Pink Pants]

They'e not gonna stop me downloading songs, not when CDs are so expensive!

[James]

According to this article the British record industry isn't following the American industry's example.

http://www.newmediazero.com/nma/story.asp?id=243960

Also, if I understand it correctly it's the big uploaders they're targeting, not the downloaders. The tunes I've seen attached to posts here are all Midi files, and the authorities have shown no inclination to clamp down on sites which offer those.

I guess this all means more money for artists like this...

[steve_o]

Blimey, that's one good reason to download for free then.

[Sticks]

However, some observers believe the industry is simply holding back until the implementation of the European Copyright Directive later year. This is believed to give the record companies more latitude to take legal action against offenders.

Ian Brown, director of the Federal Institute for Policy Research, said European citizens will be next in line if the directive comes into force as written.

'It's unlikely the music industry, which has been lobbying to get the powers to sue anyone thought to infringe intellectual rights, will get those powers and then not do anything with them,' he said.

It seems like the BPI are just biding their time until this directive will give them open season.

BTW with midi files even if you create them your self, the tune may still be protected by copyright and swapping midi files could precipitate legal action against you.

Perhaps it is time to embargo the uploading to the TiBB site of any music file in any format whatsoever so we and the Admins do not run the risk of legal proceedings being brought against us.