Pay us 4,000 pounds (US$7,290) by July 1. Or go to jail. That’s the message from the BPI, the Big Four record labels’ UK enforcer, to the mother of 14-year-old Emily Price who downloaded songs from the Net without her 53-year-old mother knowing. The BPI (British Phonographic Industry) has been carrying out a campaign of terror and intimidation on behalf of its owners, EMI (UK), Sony BMG (Japan, Germany), UMG (France and WMG (America).
Big Music Embarks on ‘Campaign of Terror’
Posted by: Jon Newton June 21, 2005 05:00 AMPay us 4,000 pounds (US$7,290) by July 1. Or go to jail. That’s the message from the BPI, the Big Four record labels’ UK enforcer, to the mother of 14-year-old Emily Price who downloaded songs from the Net without her 53-year-old mother knowing. The BPI (British Phonographic Industry) has been carrying out a campaign of terror and intimidation on behalf of its owners, EMI (UK), Sony BMG (Japan, Germany), UMG (France and WMG (America).