Richard A

Sunny Brixton

Bloke

Guilty without a trial or evidence... what century is this?

"The High Court rejected the man's defence that the BPI had no evidence of infringement and granted the summary judgement without the need for a trial."

The sentence appears to be written without a trace of irony or, apparently, a sense of jurisprudence. Here and in the US draconian laws are being implemented for the benefit of big industry that contradict centuries of legal tradition.

As no money changed hands, the plaintif should have to prove that those who downloaded songs from the defendants did not already hold legal copyright.

Whilst copyright needs to be protected, P2P tends to be teenagers doing the modern equivalent of home taping and oldies like me who are too lazy to convert their old vinyl to mp3. On the other hand, commercial pirates are making millions and stealing from the BPI... but the good old BPI prefers to pour its resources into chasing the wrong people. Great!

When did the cute little HMV dog, suddenly turn in to a cross between Judge Dredd and the Witchfinder General ? No evidence required!