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In the end, my guess is that it will actually serve to do a lot more to promote encryption services than anything else. Maybe some encryption service can approach Verizon about "sponsoring" those customer notifications. Add Your Comment
Tags: Verizon Starts, RIAA, San Francisco, Verizon Communications, Comcast, File sharing, Trade group efforts against file sharing, Recording Industry Association of America, Broadband, Video on demand, Technology Internet
Before they stopped the practice the RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - sued thousands of music fans for illegally downloading and sharing music. The RIAA has since stopped filing charges but plans to continue prosecuting those who...
Since some social media sites, like You Tube and My Space, stream music and video to its members, file sharing or illegal downloads have decreased from 22% in December 2007 to 17% in January 2009. People are buying more at least in the United...
Tags: downloads, file sharing, Michael Jackson, CD, Internet, prison, KaZaA, RIAA, stealing music, YouTube, Twitter, My Space, Face book
The attorney for the Minnesota woman found liable for sharing copyright-protected music on the Internet says he expects the $1.9 million verdict to be reversed on appeal. Attorney Kiwi Camara said Friday that 32-year-old Jammie Thomas-Rasset of Brainerd...
Tags: Jammie Thomas-Rasset, music files, RIAA, Minnesota, fine nearly, minnesota woman, recording labels
Jammie Thomas-Rasset became an instant celebrity, but it was far from what she would have wanted. The 32 year old mother of four and admitted big music fan became the first person to be convicted in a trial for illegally sharing music...
Tags: RIAA, music sharing sites, RIAA lawsuits, Jammie Thomas-Rasset
In an attempt to stem the flow of illegal downloads the New Zealand government had planned to implement a law requiring the internet service providers (ISPs) to shut down the service of any person repeatedly caught for illegal downloading; however,...
Tags: copyright law, illegal music downloads, New Zealand, RIAA
RIAA's New Litigation Boss Is Former Exec Caught 'Misstating Facts' In Court from the ethics-anyone? dept The RIAA has announced that Jennifer Pariser is its new Senior VP of Litigation -- which is at first interesting given that the RIAA...
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After years of suing thousands of people for allegedly stealing music via the Internet, the recording industry is set to drop its legal assault as it searches for more effective ways to combat online music piracy. The decision represents an abrupt shift...
Tags: music industry, recording industry, RIAA, stops sued, downloads music, music illegal, internet users, ISP, industry association