P2P Scam Sites Hit By Legal Action

[GhostShip]

Its nice to see the US goverment take action against P2P scam sites even if they do have another motive.

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/10/mp3.htm

A U.S. District Court judge has halted the deceptive ads of a Web operation that claimed that membership in MP3DownloadCity.com would allow users of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing programs to transfer copyrighted materials without violating the law. The FTC will seek a permanent bar on the deceptive claims, redress for consumers, and a requirement that the defendant notify consumers who signed up for membership that the programs he promotes to share copyrighted files may subject them to civil or criminal liability.

According to the FTC, the defendant markets and sells a tutorial and referral service that promotes the use of P2P file-sharing software programs to download digital music, movies, and computer games. Unlike a licensed subscription service, the defendant’s service does not provide its paying customers with a license to download and share copyrighted music, movies, or games. Instead, for $24.95, the defendant instructs consumers on the use of free P2P file-sharing software provided by others, such as Kazaa. According to the FTC’s complaint, consumers are lured to become members by deceptive claims that subscribing to the defendant’s service makes P2P file sharing legal. Internet ads for the service make claims such as:

AND BEST OF ALL PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING SUED FOR USING OUR SOFTWARE. YES! IT IS 100% LEGAL;
Why Are We The #1 Free MP3 Music Download Site? . . .
Download and Watch DVDs and Movies Still in Theaters; and
Rest assured that File-Sharing is 100% legal.
But, according to the FTC complaint, the defendant’s customers who use P2P file-sharing programs to download copyrighted material, or who make it available to others, without the copyright owner’s permission, are engaged in copyright infringement and could face civil and criminal liability.

The FTC charged that the defendant violated the FTC Act by falsely claiming that membership in its service made P2P file sharing legal.

This is a welcome action and folks have to ask themselves why the goverment has dragged its heels on prosecuting these companies before.

I will be watching carefully who gets the share of any of the profits made by this company as they should be returned to the duped consumer and not a team of cash hungry lawyers.


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I will be watching carefully who gets the share of any of the profits made by this company as they should be returned to the duped consumer and not a team of cash hungry lawyers.

I think you will be disappointed Ghost, we all know Lawyers are usually the ones that come out the winners of just about any case. and this case i doubt very much the Government or the Lawyers have the best interest of the consumer at heart.

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[Rock001]

I think you will be disappointed Ghost, we all know Lawyers are usually the ones that come out the winners of just about any case. and this case i doubt very much the Government or the Lawyers have the best interest of the consumer at heart.

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EveryOne Keep it going as you are really helping this cause

[GhostShip]

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