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  • Music industry: How to sink pirates 17 Nov 2009 12:51 GMT
    ... is what it was like to use Napster a decade ago; and it is also ... today. The difference? Napster was an illegal file-sharing service that was shut down by the courts. ... years the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has accused 18,000 internet users of engaging ...

  • How to sink pirates 17 Nov 2009 00:56 GMT
    ... is what it was like to use Napster a decade ago; and it is also ... today. The difference? Napster was an illegal file-sharing service that was shut down by the courts. ... years the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has accused 18,000 internet users of engaging ...

  • Digital Economy Bill - dealing with copyright infringement 20 Nov 2009 12:55 GMT
    ... not cover areas like downloading material from file sharing systems for personal use, though if burning ... Posted by pigfister about 1 hour ago RIAA, CRIA, SOUNDEXCHANGE, BPI, PRS, IFPI, ASCAP, Ect: ...

  • UK's Terrifying Anti-Piracy Plans Leak 20 Nov 2009 00:48 GMT
    ... is accurate, anyone caught sharing files in the UK could soon be ... about this. Well, aside from that freaky pro-RIAA dude that sends me hate mail every time ... example, he could authorize jail terms for file-sharing, or create a "three-strikes" plan that costs ...

  • UK Digital Economy Bill As Bad As Expected; Digital Britain Minister Flat Out Lies About ISP Support 20 Nov 2009 20:38 GMT
    ... UK Digital Economy Bill As Bad As Expected; Digital ... they did notify users -- and if file sharing is not reduced by 70% in a ...

  • Judge Rules That RIAA Had Right To Sue Woman Wrongfully Accused Of File-Sharing 14 Nov 2009 05:57 GMT
    ... to sue her. Brown ruled that the RIAA had the right to sue Andersen because ... was making thousands of tracks available through Kazaa. The charges were based on an investigation ... everyone who had been wrongly accused of file-sharing. The RIAA sought dismissal of all claims ...

  • Setback for malicious prosecution lawsuit against RIAA 16 Nov 2009 13:33 GMT
    ... Although the RIAA has decided to stop initiating new legal ... "reasonably believed" that she was responsible for sharing copyrighted tracks on a P2P network in ... the computer when the MediaSentry investigator detected KaZaA user gotenkito's shared folder. As a result, ...

  • Judge Sides With RIAA in 'Sham' Litigation Class Action 14 Nov 2009 16:56 GMT
    ... America's nearly 6-year-old courthouse campaign against file sharers amounted to nothing more than “sham” litigation. ... “sham” litigation. The judge ruled that the RIAA has the right to bring civil lawsuits ... as alleged. The RIAA initially claimed a Kazaa directory that linked to her internet-protocol address ...

  • The Rise and Fall of the RIAA: HBO 14 Nov 2009 04:33 GMT
    ... The Rise and Fall of the RIAA may soon be immortalised in film. Vivendi Universal, ... and 1990s, its battle with Shawn Fanning’s Napster in the late 1990s and other P2P ... the way, to this very day, suing file-sharing customers has been an essential component of its ...

  • P2P Lawsuits "Felt Like Terrorism," Says Viacom Lawyer 16 Nov 2009 22:44 GMT
    ... P2P Lawsuits "Felt Like Terrorism," Says Viacom Lawyer ... general counsel says that suing people for file-sharing is "expensive, and it's painful, and it ... and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) engaged in suing a college student for ...

  • Verizon as official RIAA copyright cop? 14 Nov 2009 04:33 GMT
    ... Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music's RIAA to use taxpayer- and fee-funded schools across America ... criminals who 'steal' Big 4 'product' by sharing it online. That no money changes hands ... agreed to forward notices to suspected illegal file sharers on behalf of Disney. In exchange, ...

  • Verizon Starts Passing On RIAA Infringement Letters To Users 14 Nov 2009 00:20 GMT
    ... Verizon Starts Passing On RIAA Infringement Letters To Users Allison K alerts us ... agree to accusing Verizon customers of unauthorized file sharing. AT&T, Comcast, Cox and some other ISPs ...

  • Mainstream Press Waking Up To The News That Musicians Are Making More Money 16 Nov 2009 19:36 GMT
    ... prevailing favored narrative (as pushed by the RIAA) that the music industry was in trouble. ... was being done to artists due to file sharing, because the numbers simply don't support it ...


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