Ministry Of Sound Ditches File Sharing Lawsuits After It Finds Out That BT Actually Protects User Privacy
from the how-dare-they! dept
Music label Ministry of Sound, who had recently joined the self-destructive mass "pay up or we'll sue you for infringement" shakedown business, has apparently abandoned those plans. Why? Because BT actually followed through with protecting its users' privacy in accordance with data retention rules, and destroyed its log files after 90 days. Ministry of Sound is apparently "very disappointed" that BT actually protects the privacy of its customers. Some of this, of course, was in response to the revelation that ACS:Law (who is not representing Ministry of Sound) was not properly protecting user info. The case gets even stranger, since apparently Ministry of Sound doesn't even hold the copyright to the music tracks it's complaining about, but merely to the track listings on the album. Of course, this move seems to have only made Ministry of Sound and its lawyers, Gallant MacMillan, more determined to file future self-destructive lawsuits.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Presumably that means.....?
Of course the actual creator would still have grounds....
Me, I'm off to copyright my shopping list then will sue Ocado when their online "your favorites" shopping basket puts the things I buy in the same order as me. :-)
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Pathetic
" it makes no economic sense to continue with this application."
Despite the setback, the firm said that it was now "more determined than ever to go after internet users who illegally upload our copyrighted material".
.....should read.....
..more determined than ever (as long as we can make a pile of money doing it) to go after the internet users who illegally upload our copyrighted material....
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Ministry of Sound
2. At the beginning it is clear they will abandon lawsuits, at the end it is equally clear they will increase them. I suppose this is logical in the music business???
3. Why is so much space wasted on such garbage?
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At least they've got the right name
Is that like the following from George Orwell's 1984:
So while not an {appendage | tool | member | organ} of the government, the Ministry of Sound sues people over track listings of titles on albums? Sounds about right to me. Welcome to 1984.
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I've always liked BT as a DJ...
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Track listings are not protectable expression.
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music industry is dead
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music industry is dead
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