In October last year several major record labels sued Comcen for hosting the Web site www.mp3s4free.net, which it alleged offered copyright infringing music files for download. In November the record labels moved to have two directors of Comcen, Liam Bal and Peter Stevens, and employee Chris Takoushis included in the litigation, although Peter Stevens was later dropped after proving he was not involved in the day-to-day running of the ISP.
Today, in a five minute session of the Federal Court in Sydney, Justice Brian Tamberlin ruled that both Liam Bal and Chris Takoushis would be included in the litigation and will now have to defend themselves against charges of copyright infringement. The two men will meet with their lawyers next week to decide a course of action.
The move to include individuals involved with the ISP in the litigation is intended to scare employees of companies into reporting behaviour they believe to be illegal and the music industry's copyright enforcement arm, Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI), has offered amnesty to any whistleblowers.
A second motion bought by Comcen to have an associated company, E-Talk Communications, removed from the litigation was rejected, and now both companies will face the music industry in court. The case will likely resume later this month.
DO NOT EVER PAY FOR ANY MUSIC CDs WHAT EVER YOU DO! Tell this to your mother, your Brother, sister , all your friends & your dog!
THE RICH & SLEAZY MIDDLEMEN (Music Corporations) are ACTIVELY campaigning to stop artsists from selling straight to the general public.
THEY are desperate to stop the much better business model from taking hold, & essentialy will cut out the FAT CAT MIDDLEMEN.
Their 'Catch Cry' is "the Artist is being ripped off when you burn", but the truth is that the artist doesn't even get 1% off the final sale price of each CD!
The artists have been abused through obsene recording contracts for decades, that only benefit the Music Corps!
Let the fat corporate pigs wriggle in their last death throws,
DO NOT SUPPORT THESE OLD FAT CAT MIDDLEMEN of the Music industry who have leached all artists DRY!
DO * NOT * BUY * CDs * FROM * MAJOR * MUSIC * LABELS!!!!!
CDs SHOULD NEVER COST MORE THAN $9each !
WE HAVE ALL BEEN CONNED FOR TOO LONG!
SUPPORT YOUR ARTISTS BY NOT PAYING FOR CDs!
LET THE FAT MUSIC CORPS GO BANKRUPT!
EVERY DOLLAR YOU GIVE THEM HELPS THEM TO CONTROL WHAT YOU LISTEN TO!