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- I fought the law and the law won
- A Minnesota woman was found liable for copyright infringement by a federal jury in the first music piracy case to go to trial. Jammie Thomas was ordered to pay $222,000 ($9,250 per song) for illegally downloading 24 songs and making them available online through the file-sharing network Kazaa. Thomas denied...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Kazaa, MediaPipe, SpyAxe, SpySheriff, and Waterfalls 3 Named in StopBadware.org's 'Badware Watch List'
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- StopBadware.org, the consumer protection initiative developed to combat spyware, today released its first "Badware Watch List" report, spotlighting a number of companies that embed malicious spyware without the online user's knowledge or consent. The report is the first in a series to be...
- Research articles 2006-03-22
- Music industry sues 784 users of Kazaa, Grokster, LimeWire
- WASHINGTON AFP — The Recording Industry Association of America filed a new series of complaints against US-based users of peer-to-peer software distributors Kazaa, Grokster and LimeWire. The move came two days after the US Supreme Court ruled networks such as Grokster may be held liable for infringement if they...
- Research articles 2005-06-29
- INTERNET: IFPI LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN AGAINST MUSIC DOWNLOADS.(International Federation of the Phonographic Industry)
- The actions extend the policy of suing alleged illegal file-sharers to four new countries in Europe - Netherlands, Finland, Ireland and Iceland. They join Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and the UK, who all began litigation in the last year. The first Asian country to take...
- Research articles 2005-04-28
- Listening post: StreamCast Networks CEO Michael Weiss lives on the cutting edge of controversial peer-to-peer networking technology currently being scrutinized by Congress
- NOT all the innovation in controversial peer-to-peer networking technology may be coming out of the Silicon Valley. Some of it is coming out of the French Quarter-style office complex along a stretch of Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills. There, StreamCast Networks Inc. is creating technology that may one day...
- Research articles 2004-10-25
- First German conviction for Internet music swapping
- COTTBUS, Germany AFP ? A young man has been convicted and fined in Germany for posting thousands of copyrighted songs on an Internet music swap site, a court said, in a legal first for the country. The 23-year-old, who was not named, was told to pay 8,500 euros (10,500...
- Research articles 2004-06-08
- Charges of song swapping go global
- Following in the footsteps of the U.S. record industry, an international music trade group on Tuesday went after song swappers in four countries, announcing legal action against 247 individuals. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry IFPI blames unauthorized downloads from online networks like Kazaa and Morpheus for a...
- Research articles 2004-03-31
- Mydoom Internet virus spreads rapidly via e-mails, file-sharing
- HELSINKI AFP ? A new Internet virus, dubbed Mydoom, is rapidly infecting computers around the world through e-mail attachments and the popular Kazaa file-sharing service, Finnish Internet security experts said. The bug, also know by the name Novarg, was first spotted Monday night and had infected hundreds of thousand...
- Research articles 2004-01-27
- Debate over Online Music Will Impact How Some Consumers Obtain Recorded Music.
- By Ryan Basen, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 28--James Wimmer of Stewartsville didn't buy music CDs for anyone this holiday season. And his family knew not to bother getting any for him, either. When it...
- Research articles 2003-12-28
- 41 more sued over music downloads
- Despite bad press for turning on its customers, the recording industry said Wednesday that it would sue 41 more people, alleging they illegally downloaded music from the Internet. Another 90 people were warned of pending copyright-infringement lawsuits. Since September, the industry has sued 341 U.S. consumers in a...
- Research articles 2003-12-04
- "Don't Shoot The Messenger: Copyright Infringement In The Digital Age".
- Music Industry Lawyer and Senior Lecturer in Law, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK From the humble VHS machine to Internet file swapping, the issue of hardware and software - which has both infringing and non-infringing uses - has long troubled the courts on a...
- Research articles 2003-11-24
- Suing Music Downloaders Appears to Be Working.
- By Jon Fortt, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 30--Where pleas from Britney Spears and Metallica failed, a flurry of legal threats seem to be doing the trick: Music downloaders are fleeing file-swapping services in droves, and convenient...
- Research articles 2003-09-30
- Recording Industry Withdraws File-Sharing Suit against Newbury, Mass., Woman.
- By Chris Gaither, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 24--The recording industry has withdrawn a lawsuit against a Newbury woman because it falsely accused her of illegally sharing music -- possibly the first case of mistaken identity in the battle...
- Research articles 2003-09-24
- Lawsuit over Music Sharing Brings Questions about Computer Program.
- By Monty Phan, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 14--Three to four weeks ago, Ed Braunstein of Bayside received a notice from Verizon, his Internet service provider, that the recording industry had subpoenaed his account information, he said. ...
- Research articles 2003-09-14
- Some Students at Reading, Pa.-Area Colleges Still Downloading Music.
- By Shawn Anderson, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 15--Earlier this week, Alvernia College sophomore Erin A. Dormer logged onto her computer and prepared to download some music files from Kazaa. Her roommate asked whether she should, given...
- Research articles 2003-09-15
- Lawsuits surprise targets
- Heather McGough thought it would be nice to listen to music while she was working on her Gateway PC at home in Santa Clarita. So, a few months ago, when a friend of McGough's 14-year-old cousin told her she could get the Gateway to play songs, McGough told the girl...
- Research articles 2003-09-15
- Record Labels Sue Music-File Sharers.
- San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 9--Vonnie Bassett of Redwood City has never downloaded a song from the Internet and she's never burned a music CD. But she has a 17-year-old son. And like most other kids his...
- Research articles 2003-09-09
- Parents Scramble over File Sharing.
- The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 11--Since the music industry began suing digital pirates this week, personal computer consultant Osama Shanaa has uninstalled four file-sharing programs during house calls to homes in suburban Boston. Shanaa, owner of OrraMac...
- Research articles 2003-09-11
- Forty-Six Boston-Area Residents Are Targeted in Music Industry Lawsuits.
- By Chris Gaither, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 10--As the music industry expands and intensifies its war on digital piracy, dozens of people in Eastern Massachusetts are finding themselves caught in the middle of a high-stakes battle against ...
- Research articles 2003-09-10
- Downloaders Rush to Delete Music Files.
- By Phil Kloer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 10--When University of Georgia junior Lindsay Gritzmaker heard that the record industry had pulled the trigger and was suing individual music downloaders, she got the same feeling as when she's...
- Research articles 2003-09-10
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