Hot on the heels of the news that Groskter had closed down its P2P service, news today that a leading file sharing service in South Korea is also no more following a court ruling there against the technology firm who owned it - Soribada. The Korean Association of Phonogram Producers took the technology firm to court over the copyright infringement the P2P software allowed, and as a result the Seoul Central District Court ruled the service must be closed down forthwith. KAPP now say they plan to sue Soribada for compensation for alleged revenue losses caused by P2P usage, while also pledging to take similar action against other file sharing services.
John Kennedy, boss of the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry, welcomed the court's ruling, telling reporters: "Courts in three continents - in the US, Australia, Korea and Taiwan - have handed down successive judgments against P2P services that have built businesses on copyright infringement. The landscape of the music industry is changing, and it is moving in favour of those who want to use technology the legitimate way, to create a thriving legal digital music market."