Bodies representing the UK and international music industry announced last week that they are unlikely to follow the lead of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in launching lawsuits against individual users of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing services.
The RIAA's recent announcement that 261 suits had been filed against 'heavy' users of file sharing software has been greeted with derision by the US and international media, particularly when it emerged that this number included at least one pre-teen (whose mother settled with the RIAA almost immediately), and several pensioners.
The US industry body has hit back at suggestions that it has focussed its attention on soft targets, but to little avail.
According to reports in the UK media last week, representatives from organisations such as the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), and the International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) have stated that their emphasis is on promoting legal music file sharing rather than punishing the individual users of illegal services, but have refused to completely rule out the possibility of legal action at some point in the future.
Speaking earlier this year as the RIAA began to gather evidence for the current batch of lawsuits, IFPI chairman and CEO, Jay Berman announced that:
'The priority for the music industry internationally must be to promote legal online services and make people aware of how copyright protects the work, craft and collaboration that goes into making music. This is why the international recording industry, supported by organisations across the music sector, are pressing forward with their new initiative: Pro-music.' He continued:
'The objective is to arm people with knowledge through the website Pro-music.org, which is an important resource for news and information about legitimate music online. In other words where to find it, how it works, why it's important and what the artists and creators of music think.'
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