In what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the world, the Australian music industry has listed an Internet service provider (ISP) as a respondent in a court case involving alleged music piracy. Aust ISP in ‘world first’ music industry court case: ZDNet Australia: News & Tech: E-Business It seems they [...]
Archives for October 2003
RIAA suing again
The Recording Industry Association of America stepped up its efforts to crack down on illegal file-sharing on the Internet this week, sending letters to 204 people informing them that they will be sued. RIAA warns 204 more people it plans to sue / This time, alleged file-sharers get advance notice This time though, they get [...]
RIAA following in Edisons footsteps
There is something that I find incredibly mystifying about the entire chain of events from Napster to the present. This entire scenario has played out before. RIAA Sequentially Repeating Edison’s Mistakes Edison more or less invented the whole movie industry, and he tried doing to that what the RIAA is trying to do with the [...]
Canada gets online music store
TORONTO - Call it Canada’s answer to Kazaa. Puretracks.com, Canada’s first digital music download service, launched Tuesday. Unlike Kazaa, it’s not free. But it is legal. CBC News: Online music downloads available in Canada…at a price There are online music shops popping up all over the internet. Hopefully some of them will survive long enough [...]
RIAA to contact P2P’ers before suing
After a barrage of criticism resulting from its initial round of lawsuits, the RIAA is attempting to stem the tide of negative publicity by slightly altering their tactics. Now, before a lawsuit is filed, potential defendents will be contacted and given the opportunity to pony up some cash to make the problem go away, or [...]
Telcos refuse to cooperate with RIAA
The RIAA has asked the regional Bell operating companies, including Verizon and SBC, to monitor customers’ usage of their DSL services and report downloads of copyrighted material. To their everlasting credit, the telcos have refused to comply and are fighting the RIAA in federal court. RBOCs stand tall against recording industry More and more people [...]