The Spanish music industry, and in particular industry body Promusicae, is suing MP2P Technologies and its founder Pablo Soto, considered a "P2P pioneer", for his role in enabling the illegal distribution of music online, and in particular over his new Omemo system which allows net users to share files anonymously, something that greatly hinders record industry attempts to track the downloading of unlicensed music and then sue those who prolifically share illegal music (not that such legal action has been especially successful in Spain).
Soto's company quickly released a statement on the matter, telling reporters: "We intend to vigorously defend ourselves against this shake down attempt by the major label cabal. Rather than embracing technology, they have chosen a path that will ultimately lead to their own demise, as evidenced by the labels' consistent decline over the past decade. Litigation is in itself not a valid business model for them, however, it has been a dogged and futile pursuit of theirs since the advent of P2P".