FC: Anti-piracy war about to become more personal

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-949533.html?tag=politech

   File-swapping foes exert P2P pressure
   By Declan McCullagh 
   August 13, 2002, 6:48 AM PT

   WASHINGTON--The anti-piracy war is about to spill over
   onto the home front.
   
   Until now, the entertainment industry has relied on civil lawsuits
   aimed at companies, not individuals, to limit widespread copyright
   infringement on peer-to-peer networks.
   
   Napster fell to legal assaults, and MP3.com soon came under fire by
   the recording industry. MP3Board.com, Scour.com, and Sharman Networks,
   which markets Kazaa, have been targets of the entertainment industry's
   legal fusillades against suspected copyright infringers.
   
   Now, however, the entertainment industry is revising its strategy. The
   new plan appears to extend the target beyond companies with an
   apparent declaration of legal warfare against individuals who the
   industry believes are swapping illicit songs or movies through
   peer-to-peer networks. The outcome could include jail time for those
   convicted of wrongful file swapping.

   [...]



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