Progressive Coder
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 believe [...]
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 a [...]
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 music industry. [...]
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 to [...]
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 [...]
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 are opposing [...]