p2p news / p2pnet: Sharman Networks creation the DCIA (Distributed Computing Industry Association) has taken another step in its efforts to become one with the Big Four record label cartel.

Sharman owns the dying Kazaa p2p file sharing application and its associates, the discredited Altnet and Brilliant Digital Entertainment, have for years been trying to climb into bed with Sony BMG, Vivendi Universal, Warner Music and EMI.

Kazaa, which did so much to introduce spyware to the Net and whose users figure so frequently in the RIAA sue ‘em all campaign, is under the Big Music gun in Australia and the DCIA believes a comment from IFPI boss John Kennedy, linked to the Oz court case, opens the way for it to at long last achieve its goal.

The IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industries) is another of the Big Four-owned pseudo-trade organizations and, says the DCIA, Kennedy, "remarked last week regarding the Australian Federal Court case centering on Kazaa: ‘It’s time for services like Kazaa to move on – to filter, go legal, or make way for others who are trying to build a digital music business the correct and legal way’."

Say no more.

"Specifically, the DCIA is reaching out to IFPI, the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA), and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to step-up the pace of music licensing negotiations associated with the ongoing conversion process for open P2Ps," it says.

"The DCIA has offered to establish a working group comprised of IFPI and DCIA Members with the aim of bringing legitimized P2P to music consumers, and requested that John Kennedy, or his designee(s), meet with DCIA leaders to discuss this approach or alternatives for establishing an accord or a regime for licensing DCIA Members that distribute P2P software – as a matter of urgency."

The DCIA was, and no doubt still is, equally keen on the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America).

Will the Big Four Organized Music cartel members now give the Sharman-inspired DCIA the corporate legitimacy it’s so desperately striving for?

Stay tuned.

Also read:-
Big Music gun - Big Music Kazaa blunder: II, November 26, 2005
equally keen - Sharman woos Hollywoo, June 19, 2005

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