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RIAA targets students in new file-swapping suits
News Recording Industry Association of America files 750 suits, despite evidence that earlier suits failed to curtail swapping.
Tags: Peer to peer, Lawsuits
Music labels to ISPs: Shut down Napster clones
News With Napster on the ropes in a federal copyright suit, the record industry is seeking to shut down dozens of copycat services that enable Web surfers to trade music files for free over the Internet.
Napster pushed to modernize
News Napster's efforts to filter copyrighted music from its file-swapping network have failed, and the company must rejuvenate its screening system or transform its trading system altogether.
Verizon tests sending RIAA copyright notices
News U.S.'s No. 2 phone company, known for its reluctance to intervene in antipiracy cases, strikes an agreement to forward copyright notices on behalf of the music industry.
Tags: Piracy, Verizon Communications Inc., CBS Interactive Inc., Cox Communications Inc., Entertainment Company, RIAA, entertainment, antipiracy, Internet Service Provider, agreement
US Justice Dept defends massive file-swapping fine
News In move that echoes Bush administration arguments, U.S. President Barack Obama's Justice Department says Jammie Thomas' US$1.92 million fine for infringement of 24 songs is constitutional.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Web sites, RIAA, file-swapping, U.S. Department Of Justice, attorney, P2P, Kazaa, Bush Administration, U.S. Congress
RIAA loses mistrial appeal
News The Recording Industry Association of America has been dealt another blow in its only copyright infringement case to go to trial.
Tags: Copyright, Web sites, Music, RIAA, P2P, Kazaa, copyright law, Judge, Internet Service Provider, industry
Facebook silences Project Playlist widgets
News The legal complaints that earlier saw the social music site's widgets pulled from MySpace have now cut off its presence on Facebook, too.
Tags: Music, Lawsuits, Patents, MySpace, RIAA, blogosphere, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Project Playlist, social networking, Facebook
Project Playlist and Sony BMG strike deal
News This is the first major-label deal for the social music Web site, which has been hammered by lawsuits and seen its widgets banned from MySpace.
Tags: Web sites, Music, MySpace, Universal Music Group, EMI Group Plc., Warner Music Group Corp., RIAA, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Facebook, ComScore Networks Inc.
French parliament unexpectedly kills Net piracy bill
News With few members present of final vote, lawmaking body votes down a bill that would have compelled Internet service providers to punish suspected copyright violators.
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Web sites, Bill, Piracy, Internet Access, Entertainment Industry, Nicolas Sarkozy, RIAA, European Union
Napster to recording industry: Our users are your customers
News Napster says the recording industry's profile of CD buyers shows that its immensely popular song-swapping service actually helps recorded music sales, especially among young consumers.
Napster to recording industry: Our users are your customers
News Napster says the recording industry's profile of CD buyers shows that its immensely popular song-swapping service actually helps recorded music sales, especially among young consumers.
MP3.com files countersuit against RIAA
News Less than three weeks after being sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for alleged copyright violations, MP3.com countersuit against RIAA alleging unfair business practices.
Recording, movie groups join Internet2
News Both industries join Internet2's quest for a faster online network, hoping to prevent illegal uses and "enhance" creative value.
Tags: Music, Digital rights management (DRM), Piracy, Next-generation technology/networks
RIAA wins court case against U.S. file-sharer
News A U.S. woman must pay US$220,000 to six major music labels after a federal jury found her guilty of illegally sharing copyright music online
Tags: Lawsuits
U.S. Court: RIAA lawsuit strategy illegal
News A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday handed a major setback to the record industry's legal tactics for tracking down and suing alleged file swappers, in a high-profile case pitting copyright law against the privacy rights of Internet users.
