European song-swappers settle out of court 8 June 2004 19:36 by Ketola
Out of the 200 people sued by the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) in Europe eighteen have settled their case out of court. Seventeen of those are from Denmark, and one from Germany.
The IFPI has been suing European song-swappers since March, and since then, for instance, 30 people have been prosecuted in Italy, and 88 in Denmark. According to IFPI 23 more Danish cases are currently benign negotiated out of court.
The number of illegal swapping has dropped by 30% from last year -- thanks to litigation and legal music download services, says IFPI.
The IFPI is looking to file more lawsuits in other western European countries, such as France and United Kingdom.
Source: BBC
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