The international record industry launched thousands more lawsuits around the world Tuesday against individuals it accuses of illegally sharing digital music, ranging from a Finnish laboratory assistant to a German clergyman. The actions, a combination of 8,000 criminal and civil suits in 17 countries, are aimed at "uploaders" -- people who have put hundreds or thousands of copyrighted songs onto online file-sharing networks and offered them to people worldwide without permission from the copyright owners.
October 18, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The international record industry launched thousands more lawsuits around the world Tuesday against individuals it accuses of illegally downloading and sharing digital music, ranging from a Finnish laboratory assistant to a German clergyman.
The new wave of legal action by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, or IFPI, encompasses 8,000 cases in 17 countries, including its first legal forays into South America and Eastern Europe.
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