Slyck News – RIAAââ¬â¢s Grand Total: 10,037 – What are Your Odds? > The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) began their lawsuit campaign against alleged music pirates in June of 2003. When the first RIAA lawsuits began rolling off the assembly line, an enormous media frenzy accompanied this event. Since that time the lawsuits [...]
Archives for File-Sharing
Companies sue Sweden over Pirate Bay raid
The Local – Companies sue Sweden over Pirate Bay raid > Ten companies which had their servers confiscated during the police’s raids against file-sharing site The Pirate Bay plan to demand compensation from the Swedish state. > The companies say they will hand in demands for between 10,000 and 200,000 kronor each to the Chancellor [...]
RIAA Targets YouTube
broadband û News û RIAA Targets YouTube – Best not hum that ABBA song on video… > The RIAA & MPAA are taking a strong interest in YouTube videos of copyrighted content the past few months, judging from activity in our forums. Users are increasingly receiving the same DMCA takedown request letters frequently dished out [...]
RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing ‘contained’
USATODAY.com – RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing ‘contained’ > LOS ANGELES ââ¬â Nearly a year after the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling against online music file-sharing services, the CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America says unauthorized song swapping has been “contained.” > “The problem has not been eliminated,” says association CEO Mitch [...]
Police act on German file-sharing
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Police act on German file-sharing > Police in Germany have charged 3,500 users of a file-sharing network in the biggest single action against the illegal distribution of music online. > The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) – the record industry’s global body – said each could face five [...]
Industry group says software piracy down in China and Russia
USATODAY.com – Industry group says software piracy down in China and Russia > WASHINGTON ââ¬â Makers of computer software report that piracy rates, while still high, declined slightly in both China and Russia last year, but that global losses from the use of illegal computer software rose to $34 billion. > The Business Software Alliance [...]
RIAA leaning on Universities
Recording Industry Association of America > WASHINGTON ââ¬â As part of the entertainment industryââ¬â¢s efforts to address the ongoing theft of music and movies online by college students, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) today announced a systematic program to identify and curtail campus Local Area [...]
Canadian Music Creators Coalition
Canadian Music Creators Coalition: A New Voice > We are a growing coalition of Canadian music creators who share the common goal of having our voices heard about the laws and policies that affect our livelihoods. We are the people who actually create Canadian music. Without us, there would be no music for copyright laws [...]
RIAA Petition
EFF: RIAA Petition > The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is on a rampage, launching legal attacks against average Americans from coast to coast. Rather than working to create a rational, legal means by which its customers can take advantage of file-sharing technology and pay a fair price for the music they love, it [...]
RIAA suing homes, not people.
The Rockmart Journal > A federal lawsuit filed this week in Rome by the Recording Industry Association of America alleges that Carma Walls, of 117 Morgan St., Rockmart, has infringed on copyrights for recorded music by sharing files over the Internet. The lawsuit seeks an injunction and requests unspecified monetary damages. > The lawsuit states, [...]