Just as the Australian Recording Industry Association said it would not follow suit in the RIAA’s rampage of suing it’s customers, the UK international music trade body has _wisely_ also reached a similar conclusion.
“The UK and international music trade bodies have said they’re unlikely to follow US colleagues in suing individuals for copyright infringement, following early signs of a media backlash in the US.
Plans for similar actions here are described as unlikely by the British Phonographic Industry and the International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI), but they refused to completely rule them out. ” – New Media Age
But wait.. there may be a twist that we just have to wait to see if it ever develops in that……
“However, some observers believe the industry is simply holding back until the implementation of the European Copyright Directive later year. This is believed to give the record companies more latitude to take legal action against offenders.” – New Media Age
In a sense, this sadly supports all those comments of “not as dumb as americans”. Well, at least in respect to the Trade Industry Associations 
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