Sunday, February 15, 2009

Record labels make ISPs ‘copyright cops’ for piracy

"The world's biggest record companies sued college students, a 12-year-old girl and a dead woman and still failed to stamp out music piracy. Now they’re turning to internet service providers (ISP). Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group Corp., EMI Group and Sony Music Entertainment have gained leverage through court and government actions to pressure ISPs into warning customers not to steal music - in some cases with a threat to cut service" - BusinessMirror
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