Following in the astonishingly successful footsteps of the RIAA, the overseas groups IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) and BPI (British Phonographic Industry) have filed more lawsuits against people they accuse of illegally sharing files. The suits have been filed in the UK, France, and Austria. This follows on a spate of civil and criminal suits in Germany, Italy and Denmark.

Someone should really make up a "Cartel World Tour" T shirt.

In an astounding display of verbal cluelessness, BPI chairman Peter Jamieson managed to utter the phrase "These people are not our customers." I hardly know where to begin with that sentence, Peter.

Do you think maybe they're not your customers because their love of music came out of nowhere? Perhaps they had spontaneous eruptions of random downloading. Perhaps they're not part of that highly desireable 25-30 male with large disposable income demographic you spend so much money marketing to (oops, they are).

I recognize that one of the first necessary steps in war is to demonize and dehumanize your opponent, but this is ridiculous.