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PayPal joins IFPI in effort to shut down illegal music sites

article published on 24 July, 2011

PayPal UK has announced today they have joined with the IFPI and the City Of London Police in an effort to "starve" websites which make money off the sharing of unauthorized music. Says the press release: When presented with sufficient evidence of unlicensed downloading from a site, the United Kingdom's PayPal branch will require the retailer to submit proof of licensing for the music ... [ read the full article ]

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KillerBug
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_ 		24. July 2011 @ 04:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I fail to see how this will affect sites piracy sites; they don't sell anything using paypal and they can just use bitcoin for donations and ad revenue.
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nb69
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_ 		24. July 2011 @ 06:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It is funny how the music business gets so many worlwide entities to do work for the. FREE!
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Jeffrey_P
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_ 		24. July 2011 @ 07:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Who in their right mind would use Paypal for purchasing pirated music in the first place?

Well developed websites like for instance in Russia have their own payment methods. If the payment did come indirectly from Paypal no one would ever know.

Stupidity abounds.

Jeff
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Ryoohki
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_ 		24. July 2011 @ 10:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i think bitcoins are the wave of the future. pretty soon everyone will start using it for security's sake. your bitcoins cannot be seized like your bank account can.
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DVDBack23
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_ 		24. July 2011 @ 13:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The press release wasn't all that clear, but maybe in the future this could be extended to sites like FileSonic..which does accept PayPal? They don't sell music persay, but they pay uploaders. Not sure...
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Frogfart
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_ 		24. July 2011 @ 14:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They have been emailing me to update my credit card details but I think I will let them lapse.
I never liked them anyway.
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xnonsuchx
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_ 		24. July 2011 @ 15:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
And the people who like getting everything for nothing whine their tiny-brained heads!
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Jeffrey_P
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_ 		24. July 2011 @ 16:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not at all.
A well established music website charges money.
The difference being they do not charge $0.99 per song like iPrunes.
Pennies on the dollar which is the way it should be. the top 100 costs a little more while obscure and old school music that is rarely downloaded is a lot cheaper.

Do you also have a problem with that?

Jeff
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dEwMe
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_ 		24. July 2011 @ 17:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Frogfart:
 They have been emailing me to update my credit card details but I think I will let them lapse.
I never liked them anyway.
K maybe I missed the /sarcasm or something but I am pretty sure that is a textbook fishing scheme you're referring to there. Don't fall for that one or it will ruin your day for sure!

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plazma247
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_ 		24. July 2011 @ 17:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Best start with ebay then paypal well over half of the mp3 players on there are sold with 1000's of tunes loaded by naughty sellers to make there device more appealing...
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plissken13x
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_ 		25. July 2011 @ 10:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by surrealzz:
 Ummmm..... Thanks Paypal for getting into matters that don't actually concern you at all. Ya bunch of WANKSTAZZ!!!
They don't care unless their brand is on the site or paypal is being used to facilitate the money. Otherwise they do not care.
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solamf30
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_ 		25. July 2011 @ 16:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think they may use this to seize funds from torrent sites where some people choose to donate to the site to help with server/seedbox costs, but I know quite a few of them have alternative methods of donating
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