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HRRC Concerned Over RIAA Statement Debunking Fair Use: FCC Filing Betrays Motive to Attack Reasonable and Customary Consumer Practices
The Home Recording Rights Coalition HRRC today expressed concern over the Recording Industry Association of America's RIAA assertion to the Federal Communications Commission that home recordings made from digital audio DAB broadcasts for personal, private non-commercial use are not protected against a claim of infringement by the fair use defense...
Cultures of Music Piracy: An Ethnographic Comparison of the US and Japan
The battle over online music in the US turned ugly in the summer of 2003 when the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA initiated lawsuits against its own consumers. The RIAA hopes the dragnet, and ensuing publicity, will change the 'culture' of file-sharing online by convincing computer owners that using...
Why Are They Treating Us Like Criminals? The Campaign Against Illegal Downloading and its Academic, Legislative and Economic Impact
On September 8th of this year, The Recording Industry Association of America RIAA, the trade association for the recording industry, filed 261 lawsuits against users of file sharing systems accusing them of downloading ôsubstantialö quantities of copyrighted music. This article discusses why the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA is...
"Acts" Wound: Fair Use and Music Lovers Vs. The Recording Industry Association of America's Secret Weapon
After taking into account factors such as technology, transaction costs, and opportunity costs, businesses often give discounts to consumers when it seems like the best economic decision. In the case of digital music and digital recording devices, the music recording industry has done the same. This paper focuses on the...
Internet Licensing: Getting Music Copyright Laws Right
Recent headlines have brought the use of music on the Internet to the forefront, particularly the 261 copyright infringement lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA against some of the most active fans sharing songs on services like Kazaa. RIAA's lawsuits are for downloading music illegally over...
Amnesty for Music File Sharing Is a Sham
The paper discusses about the copyright issues in music industry. The RIAA has proposed as its "solution" to file sharing: an "amnesty" for file-sharers. Just delete the MP3s you've downloaded, shared those CD-R copies, confess your guilt and, in return, the most change-resistant companies in the nation will give you...
File Sharing Must Be Made Legal
The Recording Industry Association of America RIAA has finally launched its campaign of lawsuits against the 60 million Americans who file-share. And already, we've seen the first casualties, a 12-year-old girl and her mother in New York must pay $2,000 they don't have in a hastened settlement; a 71-year-old grandfather...
Recording Industry Announces Lawsuits Against Music Sharers
The Recording Industry Association of America RIAA today filed 261 lawsuits against people who allegedly shared copyrighted music online. The RIAA announced plans to sue more file-sharers and introduced an "amnesty" program available only to file-sharers who the RIAA has not yet identified or sued. The lawsuits come in the...
From Napster To Kazaa: The Battle Over Peer-To-Peer File Sharing Goes International
Recording and movie industry have begun realizing that the Napster saga may be just the tip of the iceberg. The Recording Industry Association of America RIAA may have won its domestic battle against Napster, but as an increasing number of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) providers crop up overseas, it has become apparent...
The Napster Legacy Lives On
Napster was shut down by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA for copyright infringement, and music services like Morpheus, Grokster, and Kazaa have been tagged by litigators, but the legacy and lifestyle behind downloading pirated music files and sharing them among friends and other music fans continues on at...
DoJ Broadens Music Probe
This article summarizes about the music licensing on the internet. The US Department of Justice is digging deeper into the alleged anti-competitive licensing practices of the recording industry trade group, the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA, which led the legal crusade against music-swapping service, Napster. The antitrust division is...
160,000 Artists Make Web Music Available
This article discusses about the music licensing for online services. The music industry reached a breakthrough agreement, concerning the licensing of musical works for subscription-based online services. The National Music Publishers' Association, musical copyrighting body the Harry Fox Agency and the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA agreed that online...
Report: Napster in Talks With Microsoft
File-Swapping Service Napster is reportedly in talks with Microsoft to use the software maker's music copyright protection technology. The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that Napster hopes to use Microsoft's anti-piracy technology to persuade the music industry to allow songs that it has restricted the file-trading service from listing. Microsoft...
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Pop group Danity Kane sizzles on tour & on top of the charts
Multiplatinum group Danity Kane is heating up the summer with a hot tour celebrating the success of their sophomore album Welcome To The Dollhouse, which debuted at No. 1 in the country. Dawn Richard, D. Woods, Aubrey O'Day, Aundrea Fimbres and Shannon Bex are the first multicultural group...
Gym Class Heroes Roll Out "THE QUILT"; Award-Winning Alternative Hip-Hop Outfit Return With Star-Studded Third Album; First Single/Video, "Cookie Jar," Debuts in July, as Band Headlines Vans Warped Tour; "THE QUILT" Drops Everywhere September 9th
Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen recording group GymClass Heroes has announced the upcoming release of their eagerlyanticipated third album, "THE QUILT." The collection -- which follows2006's RIAA gold-certified breakthrough, "AS CRUEL AS SCHOOL CHILDREN" --arrives in stores and at online retailers on September 9th. "THE QUILT" will be preceded by the...
Taylor Swift Tops 50 Million MySpace Streams & Has Country's #1 Selling CD for 20th Week
Taylor Receives Top RIAA Honors for Gold & Platinum Sales Certifications NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Triple-platinum-selling recording artist and internet sensation Taylor Swift reached another online milestone this weekend, surpassing the 50 MILLION mark for music streams on MySpace, where she is consistently ranked Country's...
STAIND Is Back
Multi-platinum band STAIND has announced themuch-anticipated release of "THE ILLUSION OF PROGRESS" (Flip/Atlantic),available August 19. The first single, "Believe," hits radio and iTunesJune 24. A worldwide summer tour kicks off July 4 in Muskegon, MI prior toband's joining the 3 Doors Down bill on July 9 in St....
Out: Jingles. In: Cool songs.
CANNES, France -- The music business has a new beat: Madison Avenue. Music labels, publishers and songmakers have found an increasingly lucrative niche in licensing or making songs for marketers and advertisers looking for just the right 30-second soundtracks for their commercials. Helping to make music a hit...
U. campus targeted in music piracy
The music industry is tightening its grips on University of Utah students who they believe have pirated songs. Last week, the Recording Industry Association of America, a trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry, notified the university of its intent to sue individuals who it ...
Death Cab for Cutie Score #1 Debut With Critically Acclaimed New Album; "NARROW STAIRS" Is the Band's First-Ever Chart-Topper, With Highest Sales Week to Date; "I Will Possess Your Heart" Remains at #1 at Triple A, While Continuing to Draw Top 10 Play at Modern Rock; International Tour Marches On, Including Headline Dates and Major Festival Appearances
"NARROW STAIRS," the acclaimed new album fromAtlantic recording group Death Cab for Cutie, has made a stunning debutatop this week's Billboard 200 -- the band's first-ever #1 record. Withsales of 143,586 this marks their greatest highest sales week in DeathCab's 10-year history. "NARROW STAIRS" follows 2005's Grammy-nominated,RIAA platinum-certified "PLANS."...
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