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Owner of file sharing site "Oink" found 'Not Guilty' of Fraud
This is a huge win in the fight against excessive penalties for file sharers. For those of you following or interested in news on file sharing the article is definitely worth reading. Its from BBC news and you can find it here. If you've been following my blogs for a while you have read a lot about file sharing news and know that I am on the side of the sharers. Just scroll down and to the next blog pages and you'll see more stories. I'll continue to post about big news and cases that may wind up setting precedence for future cases.
I think its worth following as it will directly effect you in the future if you're a career musician and for the fans, it will directly effect the way you buy, obtain and listen to music. I'm all for file sharing and I ask the majority of bands I interview what they think and so far 95% of them say share away. I just don't believe that it is stealing; and either way it should be up to the artists and not the 'major' record labels. its just a mass form of giving your friend a copy of a cd, and they're not a friend, and there's no cd...ha. True music lovers will support their favorite bands...and now adays bands have more room to be creative and put out creative products and ideas fore selling their music and live shows. It takes more than playing some shows and standing around on stage...and the days of the "superstar-rockstar" are all but at an end. The 'major' labels should keep up with technology and find a way to use it for their interests; not just sue tech geeks and/or music lovers for taking advantage of the internet, in all its greatness. Anyway, read our earlier blogs on the subject if you find some time.
adam keen
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