ARIA flags MP3 Crackdown
THE Australian music industry group is planning further legal action against
internet users sharing MP3s, as the federal Government flagged legal changes to
allow larger damages payouts for copyright infringements.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6661868%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
The Copyright Cage
Bars can’t have TVs bigger than 55 inches. Teddy bears can’t include tape decks. Girl Scouts who sing “Puff, the Magic Dragon” owe royalties. Copyright law needs to change.
Jonathan Zittrain
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I WAS TALKING WITH A LAW SCHOOL COLLEAGUE about cyberlaw and the people who study it. “I’ve always wondered,” he said, [...]
Crazy Remixed-Up Kids!
“If 50 Cent was a rapper in Australia,” says one local club DJ caustically, “he’d have been arrested rather than making the record industry $50 million.”
One minute you’re mixing CDs in your bedroom, the next, the federal police are knocking on your door. And if you’re a DJ, you can expect a visit, too. Richard [...]
P2P Security – What do I do
So after the news that the Recording industry will begin collecting evidence and preparing lawsuits against file sharers who illegally offer music online, I wanted to share some knowledge with people concerned about this latest news.
What exactly is going on?
I can only speculate on how the RIAA nerds are doing this, but you [...]
DC:PRO 0.1.8 Beta Released
DC:PRO is an open source file sharing program for the DC Networks. It is been described as “a filesharing program on steroids for the DC Networks”. Main features include nice user-friendly interface, multi-hub connections, text chat with colors and images, fast threaded peer-to-peer transfers, multi-source and resumable file downloads, total user control of the files [...]
Student accused of music piracy gets online support
“TROY, N.Y. — One of four college students accused by the recording industry of making songs available for illegal downloading says he collected the money for his $12,000 fine online.
“Thanks to the many generous people out there, I have recovered my savings,” read a posting on 19-year-old Jesse Jordan’s Web site. “Please don’t send [...]
Internet music-sharers face legal attack
The music industry has dramatically escalated its attack on internet file-trading networks by announcing plans to sue individuals who download copyright-protected music. However, some experts say the tactic could backfire by pushing traders to switch to newer, more anonymous networks, as happened following the demise of the original network Napster.
The Recording Industry Association of [...]
Channel 4 Reports on RIAA’s Attack on individual music sharers.
You can hear the item in Ogg format here
peer to peer companies to begin lobbying for files-sharing rights
Beating the RIAA in court to as Morpheus and Grokster in showing file-sharing networks have substantial non-infringing purposes isn’t enough!
With the RIAA already announcing earlier today a large scale campaign to attack the very users that support the music industry (yes, file sharing helps the music industry!) by making examples of file-sharers with [...]
The Hulk Pirate Guilty of Felony Copyright Infringement
After learning that a version of its film, The Hulk, had become available for illegal downloading on the Internet two weeks before its theatrical release, Universal initiated an immediate investigation and then referred the matter to the FBI. The Department of Justice took immediate action on the matter and today, Kerry Gonzalez, the individual who [...]
