News - Record label abandons filesharing action

[HEXUS]

...after BT allegedly deletes details.

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[dangel]

Allegedly? They've openly said they did surely?

[Nerval]

This kind of thing will rumble on for years to come, with music, films and recently eBooks, before the people in power see the light and admit that they can't win.

The "pirates" will stay one step ahead.
It's pathetic really the way these greedy rich people thrash about to try and get control of the uncontrollable and make even more money they don't need.

I note that JK Rowling has refused to let Harry Potter books be issued in eBook format in case they get pirated. Doesn't she have enough money already, and hasn't she looked on the internet then, where there are more pirate copies of Harry Potter to download than you can shake a stick at?

Not that I'm in favour of illegal downloading, of course.

[TaintedShirt]

I think we should applaud BT for deleting the data, although I think it more likely that someone mistakenly hit discard instead of send, losing all the data in the email.