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Boing Boing: Court throws out RIAA attempt to sue little girl
> A judge in Michigan has thrown out a case where the RIAA attempted to sue a small child for file-sharing, after failing in its attempt to prosecute the child’s mother. The recording industry attempted to have a “Guardian Ad Litem” appointed, which would have [...]
p2pnet.net – the original daily p2p and digital media news site
> The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), in its blind obsession with profit, has allowed greed to get in the way of intelligence, provoking a massive confrontation involving Hollywood and its MPAA, the American Association of Publishers and the George W. Bush administration in [...]
George Bush vs. The RIAA? · TorrentFreak, torrents and more
> Bush likes to listen to the Beatles on his Ipod. However, there’s no way Bush can have a legal copy on his Ipod according to the RIAA. We got it on tape.
> Earlier this week CNN reported that the Beatles might be available in the [...]
Slyck News – CRIA Falling Apart
> The CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) is going through hard times. It seems as though after several bold steps failed, the industry is paying the price for it. It may explain why their last press release was published on March 15.
After quite a few setbacks and loads of critisizm, [...]
p2pnet.net | news | RIAA sued over Amnesty offer
> Eric Parke is suing the association, saying its offer is designed to get people to incriminate themselves and provide the RIAA “and others” with “admissions” through which they could land in court, in spite of having signed the RIAA affidavit.
Eric claims the offer is deceptive, and [...]
Boing Boing: EMI releases Brazilian DRM CDs that totally hose their customers
> Brazilian mega-star Marisa Monte’s new CDs from EMI (”Infinito Particular” and “Universo ao Meu Redor”) come with DRM that can’t be uninstalled, and requires you to “agree” to a contract that isn’t published in Portuguese. Even if you disagree, the malware is installed. [...]
p2pnet.net – the original daily p2p and digital media news site
> The Big Four Organized Music record label cartel’s RIAA is licking its wounds after losing a bid for unfettered access to the hard drive of an Oregon mother it’s victimizing in a p2p file sharing case.
Instead, an independent 3rd party will inspect the hard-drive, [...]
Personal Tech – technology news and reviews from The Times, The Sunday Times and Times Online
> GERMANS risk two years in prison if they illegally download films and music for private use under a new law agreed yesterday. Anybody who downloads films for commercial use could be jailed for up to five years.
The new law [...]
Slyck News – Huge Anti-Piracy Push By MPAA
> The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) is steamrolling across the great indexing plains. Tuesday brought news the eDonkey2000 indexing server Razorback2 was taken offline by Belgian Police, in conjunction with the MPAA. Today, the MPAA has announced a tremendous escalation in their fight against online piracy [...]
Inquiry set for French file-sharing plan | CNET News.com
> The French government is moving ahead with plans for a controversial law that would legalize file-sharing of music and films, a move that could undo years of antipiracy work by the entertainment industry.
Pay a flat fee / month, and you can leech all you want. Sounds [...]