BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Police act on German file-sharing
> Police in Germany have charged 3,500 users of a file-sharing network in the biggest single action against the illegal distribution of music online.
> The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) – the record industry’s global body – said each could face five years in prison.
> “Internet piracy has hurt the whole music community in Germany, with legitimate sales falling by a third in just five years.”
I’m sure crap music and online shopping has nothing to do with it. Yeah, right.
