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BPI adds new warning after High Court imposes fines.(News)
Illegal file-sharers who refuse to co-operate with the BPI can expect short shrift in the courts, the organisation's executive chairman Peter Jamieson has warned.
Jamieson made the comments following the conclusion of two cases, which were the first of their kind to be heard in the British courts.
Two unnamed men were last week found guilty of illegally distributing music over the internet using peer-to-peer file-sharing programmes.
"I don't like to talk about victory or defeats," Jamieson says. "This is simply a very sensible court decision for a clear cut case of people that haven't bothered to talk to us. This is how the court feels about people wasting their time.
"Everything that we have done is measured and sensible, but if cases go all the way to court it is going to be more expensive for offenders," he adds.
Both defendants face significant fines. One, described only as "a man from Kings Lynn", was ordered to make an immediate payment of 5,000 [pounds sterling], with total costs estimated at 13,500 [pounds sterling], in addition to damages. His ...
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