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 [...]
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Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 (and more) Available
IEBlog : Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 (and more) Available > This evening we released IE7 Beta 2 at http://www.microsoft.com/ie. This release is not the preview or the update to the preview, but the real Beta 2 of IE7 for Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows XP 64-bit Edition. Simply: please try [...]
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, [...]
Court throws out RIAA attempt to sue little girl
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 [...]
RIAA vs MPAA
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 [...]
George Bush vs. The RIAA?
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 [...]
CRIA Falling Apart
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 [...]
Anti-Porn Crusader Sues Over Bar Probe
Anti-Porn Crusader Sues Over Bar Probe: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance > Coral Gables, Fla., attorney Jack Thompson has filed a federal lawsuit against the Florida Bar, alleging it is harassing him by investigating what he calls baseless complaints made by disgruntled opponents in previous disputes. > Thompson is known nationally for waging campaigns against [...]
Ubisoft officially dumps Starforce
Ubisoft officially dumps Starforce – PC News at GameSpot > Following several days of rumors, Ubisoft has officially confirmed that it will no longer use the controversial digital-rights software from Starforce. “Ubisoft has decided to use an alternative copy-protection system to Starforce for upcoming releases,” said a rep for the company. The announcement means that [...]
Starforce enforces DRM by instant reboot
Starforce enforces DRM by instant reboot (without warning) – CD Freaks.com > Now, Futuremark has uncovered a very dangerous anti-piracy system Starforce is now using. This copy protection system installs a driver that runs at the highest level of access on the system, which gives it low level access to the PCs hardware and any [...]