One P2P Scam Site Sued
Someone didn't get the memo.
MP3DownloadCity.com was sued for claiming P2P is 100% legal and its members could not be sued for copyright infringement. The FTC seeks permanent removal of the lies, and customer notification and refunds. The site was updated to comply a day later to remove the offending statements. Such services can employ a variety of deceptive, and in this case fraudulent, practices.
While the FTC attention is applauded, any result will be negligible. Just like spammers, the deceptive P2P sites will simply move overseas where they can't be touched and use international isps. Even if the sites remove their illegal claims that P2P use is 100% legal, their USP and revenues will only be slightly dented.
Actually there is no need to move overseas. The FTC only targets sites with outright lies. Most deceptive sites long ago removed that copy, leaving only the lamest, or boldest, holding the bag.
Marc Freedman
RazorPop, developer of TrustyFiles, the leading multiple network file sharing software with search and download of ALL top networks.
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