MPAA chief Honest Jack Valenti has added his association’s support to the RIAA’s bid to sue individual file traders. And by implication, he’s also behind senator Orrin Hatch’s plan to remotely destroy computers used by people who ‘illegally’ download from the Net “It is our most sincere desire to identify a technological solution to the [...]

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Internet file-sharing companies are forming a lobbying group in Europe to defend their interests against media companies trying to force them out of business, a member of the coalition told Reuters on Monday. The move is the latest sign that file-sharing outfits, which until recently operated far away from the public eye to avoid litigation, [...]

THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER Foundation will formally announce today a campaign aimed at persuading American citizens to demand changes in the copyright laws. The “Let the Music Play” campaign, said the EFF, will counter the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) bid to file thousands of lawsuits against people who use file sharing software. Shari Steele, [...]

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Keep these dates in mind… Boycott-RIAA is planning some action in the near future and you want to be aware of these dates. The dates are August 1st and August 2nd. Start thinking about what you can do in your area. We’re wanting to co-ordinate fax campaigns to our legislators, phone campaigns to our legislators [...]

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With the record industry preparing to sue its customers — at least those who download without paying — now comes the next step: file-sharing services that promise to keep users anonymous. Recording Industry Association of America officials say they can find any song swapper on services such as Kazaa and Grokster using simple tracking software. [...]

“As the record industry prepares to haul thousands of alleged music pirates into court, its biggest risk may be suing the wrong people — and losing the support of leading members of Congress in the process. Labels and artists are widely viewed on Capitol Hill as victims of rampant piracy by millions of users of [...]

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Surrender a bootloader, or else… A group of Australian Xbox hackers has issued a thorny ultimatum to Microsoft, according to ZDnet UK. The group said it’s discovered exploits that let them run Linux on an Xbox without using a mod-chip. And it’ll release the details to the public, unless Microsoft issues a legitimately signed Xbox [...]

Napster, the groundbreaking on-line music service scheduled for re-launch by Roxio (NASDAQ: ROXI), today announced the selection of Venables, Bell & Partners of San Francisco as its advertising agency-of-record. The agency will be responsible for developing and implementing the advertising and marketing campaigns for the Napster re-launch. Additionally, San Francisco-based Mediasmith, which already handles offline [...]

LOS ANGELES — Music fans continued swapping songs over the Internet, though a bit more cautiously, following the recording industry’s threat this week to sue anyone engaged in digital piracy. The warning appeared to have little effect on the pace of downloading over the most popular file-sharing services. But the threat drew the ire of [...]

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WASHINGTON — A popular Internet music-swapping service said it’s seeing fewer users online Thursday. That follows an announcement by the music industry that it’s taking new steps to crack down on Internet music piracy. The industry said Wednesday it will start searching Internet file-sharing networks, a first step toward filing lawsuits against computer users who [...]

The call for a boycott against the music labels has struck a chord with Register readers. Letters have poured in following the RIAA’s disclosure that it planned to round up and sue thousands of our friends and children. The complaints hit on the RIAA’s hubris in going after its most active and prized customers via [...]

The Canadian recording industry hasn’t gone after individual downloaders yet, but is exploring it. “We are obviously watching with interest the litigation that has gone on in the U.S.,” said Brian Robertson, president of the Canadian Recording Industry Association, the RIAA’s Canadian counterpart. The Canadian music industry has lost $250-million, or 20 per cent of [...]

“Facing the threat of a legal crackdown against people who swap songs online, the head of the parent of file-sharing software Morpheus on Thursday promised to launch a lobbying campaign in the U.S. Congress. ” “The record industry called (peer-to-peer) users pirates, but what these people are are hundreds of millions of voters,” said Michael [...]