RIAA spends thousands to obtain $300
They were aiming for $529,500. Tihi.
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RIAA refused access to hard-drive
Recording Industry vs The People
In SONY v. Arellanes, the Court has refused to allow the RIAA untrammelled access to the defendant’s hard drive, holding instead that only a mutually agreeable, neutral computer forensics expert may examine the hard drive, and that the parties must agree on mutually acceptable provisions for confidentiality
Earlier, RIAA has used their [...]
Debbie Foster to RIAA : Dude, where’s my legal fees?
Debbie Foster to RIAA : Dude, where’s my legal fees? – The Digital Music Weblog
> Debbie Foster, the woman in Oklahoma sued by the RIAA who asked for and won a motion for summary judgment, has finally filed her motion asking the court to force the RIAA to reimburse her attorney’s fees.
> The filing is [...]
Woman forces US record industry to drop file-sharing case
Woman forces US record industry to drop file-sharing case | The Register
> A group of US record labels agreed to drop a music piracy case in the US after the alleged file-sharer argued that it could not be proved that she downloaded any illegal music. The case may set a precedent that undermines scores of [...]
Kazaa site becomes legal service
BBC NEWS | Technology | Kazaa site becomes legal service
> File-sharing site Kazaa will become a legal music download service following a series of high profile legal battles.
> The peer-to-peer network has also agreed to pay $100m (£53m) in damages to the record industry.
I remember trying Kazaa aaaages ago, and found it to be a [...]
RIAA’s Grand Total: 10,037 – What are Your Odds?
Slyck News – RIAA’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 have [...]
Scandinavia pressures Apple’s iTunes
Scandinavia pressures Apple’s iTunes – Yahoo! News
> STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Denmark, Norway and Sweden plan to force Apple Computers Inc to break the exclusive link between its iPod music players and online iTunes store.
> The three Scandinavian countries have decided to take iTunes to their respective government mediators, or ombudsmen.
> At present, the only portable [...]
RIAA Targets YouTube
broadband » News » 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 to [...]
RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing ‘contained’
USATODAY.com – RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing ‘contained’
> LOS ANGELES Ã¢â‚¬â€ť 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 Bainwol. “But [...]
Weird Al still make most money from CD sales..
I am extremely grateful for your support, no matter which format you choose to legally obtain my music in, so you should do whatever makes the most sense for you personally. But since you ASKED… I actually do get significantly more money from CD sales, as opposed to downloads. This is the one thing about [...]