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, [...]
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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 [...]
Record labels backing down against iTunes?
APPLE’S NO. 1 HIT By TIM ARANGO - New York Post Online Edition: business > April 20, 2006 — The record industry may be on the verge of waving the white flag in front of Apple boss Steve Jobs, and abandoning its demand for iTunes to charge different prices for different songs, The Post has [...]
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 [...]
RIAA sued over Amnesty offer
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 [...]
EMI releases Brazilian DRM CDs that totally hose their customers
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 [...]
RIAA not allowed access to hard-drive
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 [...]
Germany tough on piracy
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 [...]