The BPI is taking on Google in the fight for banishing illegal downloads, sending a cease-and-desist order to the search giant.
BPI's music woes centre on a number of 'one-click' upload sites which offer illegal downloads of music. The sites include Megaupload, Mediafire, 4shared and Sendspace.
In all there are nine infringing websites named in the order – which has been posted online by Chilling Effects – and myriad search queries and URLS which lead to copyright infringed files.
Link bait
Illegal file-sharing has been in the news recently due to record labels successfully suing LimeWire for copyright infringement.
The BPI is hoping that Google will take down the offending links, which actually come up in Google's predictive search pane.
Speaking to CNET about the order, the BPI explained: "In most cases, Google takes down the links in question, following its own internal procedures."
There has been no word from Google as to whether it will comply with the BPI's demands.
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avi
June 23rd 2010
5. "after reading in the local rag recently about hairdressers getting fined 000s for having a radio playing in their shops i`m losing all sympathy for the BPI-- and i don't pirate anything."
This is the stinking PRS who also take money for music played. They collect on behalf of musicians, but most of the membership are Record Companies. They threatened us with a heavy fines for having radio playing in our factory.
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tombutcher1990
June 22nd 2010
4. if people stop downloading, think of the jobs the BPI would lose!
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halcyondays
June 22nd 2010
3. Its not just you rimscar,the BPI have always been greedy, and out of touch with music fans. Its because of them not embracing the whole digital download era that people find alternative ways of getting their music. I'd happily pay 15-20 pounds a month to get unlimited downloads. Its been proved people who download illegally put more back into the industry than people who don't. They just don't get.
If there wasn't download sites, blackmarket CD's would come flooding back.
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cheysuli
June 22nd 2010
2. It's not just you.
They are suing google for indexing a website that indexes torrent downloads.
Why not sue the phone directory? They list people who commit crimes, some of them against the BPI...
I've never liked "protection rackets" or racketeers. To quote the late great Kenny Everett "Round 'em up, put 'em in a field and bomb the basta..s!"
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rimscar
June 22nd 2010
1. after reading in the local rag recently about hairdressers getting fined 000s for having a radio playing in their shops i`m losing all sympathy for the BPI-- and i don't pirate anything.
They just come across as money grabbing and greedy now...Or is it just me?
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