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95% of Music Downloads are Illegal: IFPI »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has released its report on Digital Music 2009. According to the report (.PDF). It concludes that despite ...
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AT&T First to Acknowledge Following New RIAA Anti-Piracy Policy »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 3 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Last December, the RIAA announced it was giving up on file-sharing lawsuits, and would be working with ISPs in a three-strikes policy program which would ...
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Moby on RIAA: Suing Music Fans Not a Sustainable Business Model »
Posted by: raustin 1 week, 4 days ago in Arts & Entertainment
Moby argues this “sue-em all” strategy isn’t the way to go, that the record industry’s business model shouldn’t be based on fear ...
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RIAA Drops Investigative Firm Used in File-Sharing Cases »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 6 months ago in Science & Technology
In Sunday's Wall Street Journal, a report indicates that it has dumped Media Sentry, the firm it had been using to gather evidence for ...
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Did "Three Strikes" for Downloading Strike Out in the U.K.? »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 5 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
The RIAA recently announced it was tabling the policy of lawsuits over illegal downloading, and instead moving toward a "three strikes" policy such as the ...
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RIAA Loses Jammie Thomas Mistrial Appeal »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 6 months ago in Science & Technology
You'll probably recall that earlier this year the judge in the RIAA v. Jammie Thomas declared a mistrial in the case, setting aside the ...
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RIAA vs. Jammie Thomas-Rasset Trial, Take Two: Worse Result »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Science & Technology
For the defendant, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, she had to be thinking that perhaps a retrial was not such a good idea after all, after hearing the ...
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The Mercantilism of Our Time »
Posted by: populist 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Realize that for young people today, the initials RIAA and MPAA are the most hated on the planet--the equivalent of the IRS of a past ...
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Google, Partners Launch Free, Legal China Music Download Service »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 3 months ago in Science & Technology
On Monday, Google and the major music labels (Warner Music Group, Sony BMG, EMI and Universal Music), as well as 14 independent labels launched a ...
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Taxing the Radio Industry Into Oblivion »
Posted by: MisterX 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
The Democrats’ frontal assault on talk radio has failed, as planned. They knew the Fairness Doctrine—their attempt to balance the radio airwaves with federally-subsidized ...
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France Rejects "Three Strikes" Downloading Law »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The French Parliament voted on Thursday on the new "HADOPI" (Creation and Internet) law. This is a sort of three strikes law, where those accused ...
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Obama Sides With RIAA, Supports $150,000 Fine per Music Track | Threat Level from Wired.com »
Posted by: berkeley 3 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
The Obama administration for the first time is weighing in on a Recording Industry Association of America file sharing lawsuit and is supporting hefty awards ...
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Arguments end in case over right to DVD backups »
Posted by: berkeley 1 month, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Attorneys for the major movie studios tried to slam the door Thursday on a software program aimed at allowing consumers to make backup copies of ...
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RIAA dumps evidence-gathering firm | Digital Media - CNET News »
Posted by: Ousama 6 months ago in Science & Technology
The Recording Industry Association of America has dumped the company charged with gathering evidence for use against people accused of illegally sharing copyrighted music, according ...
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Multiple MPAA and RIAA Websites XSS Vulnerability Allows Rogue Content »
Posted by: Buttserpent 1 month, 3 weeks ago in News
Cross-site scripting flaw on the web sites of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has been abused to inject listings from controversial torrent links ...
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