Copy Right Campaigns

On my quest to find out more about file sharing piracy I stumbled upon this Copy right campaign.

War Report: Record Industry vs. Internet Piracy

A major factor at stake is piracy on university campuses – since 2007, over 6,000 "pre-litigation settlement letters" were forwarded by the RIAA to students in USA, “generously” offering them the chance to stay away from a possible lawsuit by reaching an agreement out of court. Read more...

Virgin Media and BPI Work Together on Anti-Piracy Campaign

An article posted on 7th June last year stated that

"Virgin Media and the BPI the British music industry association) have joined forces in a new anti-piracy campaign which targets alleged illegal file sharers who will be sent warning notifications...The campaign will follow a two-warning-letters-approach; one sent by Virgin Media and the other one “signed” by the. However, contrary to expectations, no "three strikes" process is included for now. Those who don’t cease their illegally file sharing activity will not get disconnected(...)

The chief executive Geoff Taylor declared:

"Education is absolutely key to reducing the extent of illegal downloading" (…) "We believe that new partnerships with ISPs can help build an internet in which music is properly valued. That will benefit not just musicians, songwriters and labels, but all internet users who love music. This joint campaign with Virgin Media is the first step towards achieving that goal.""Read more...

Celebrities Engage in Anti-File-Sharing Campaign

ISP: File Sharing Concerns Us All, Let’s All Fight it!

According to Sky, the government, broadband providers and copyright holders should collaborate if they want the issue of online piracy dealt with.Read more...

File Sharing vs. Intellectual Property (October 3, 2009)

Simon then pointed out that “You only have to look at the number of people who came off illegal filesharing when iTunes came out to know that filesharing isn’t the answer, it’s not the future, it’s not valuable of itself – it’s a technology that currently is being used to circumvent the law. Read more...