By now almost every American college student (myself included) has received one of those nice letters from the RIAA informing them they have stolen music at some point in there lives, and while the UK music industry seems to be taking a more laid back approach only targeting the large scale pirates. However it seems the European games industry has decided to take a page for the RIAA's book and started targeting people with legal action.
MCV UK is reporting that five game companies have written to 25,000 people suspected of illegal downloading, demanding £300 to avoid further legal action. The companies have said they are prepared to take upto 500 of these to court if they refuse to pay. In a bizarre twist Matt Phillips, director of communications at the BPI, told Music Week ‘that working with ISPs to educate consumers is a more effective way of combating illegal downloading’ rather than charging and fining those who file share.
The news of these infringement notices follows on from the first court ordered payout for an individual’s game piracy last week against Isabela Barwinska, an unemployed mother of two, to the tune of £16,000 for illegally downloading Dream Pinball 3D by Topware Interactive's
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Games Industry set to become EU's RIAA Nightmare
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