“That’s the whole point of why they’re doing the DMCA subpoenas,” Gray says. “They get the person’s identity, where they live, and they hire a private investigator. It happens all the time. It is very common in infringement lawsuits to conduct an investigation of the defendant prior to suing them.” Gray adds: “They’re going to [...]

Kazaa Lite K++ 2.4.2 has been released. Changelog: – Updated KL Extensions – Updated K-Dat – Updated K-Sig – Improved supertrick – Updated IP Blocklist – Added IP Blocklist update tool – Improved startup page – Better looking toolbar icons – Updated FAQ Only the English version is currently available. Download here.

Found this on the k-lite forum. It explains the floud of damaged mp3s. Pure horror. We can’t trust the verifieds anymore. Author: Hasnain Date: 08-26-03 16:13 Foreword: I am listing this topic here, because more and more people are beginning to download fake or corrupted files from the FastTrack network, despite using a verified hash. [...]

Source Chuck D. To Be Featured On File Sharing Special By Mike Winslow Date: 8/25/2003 3:45 PM Rapper Chuck D. will be featured on a two hour cable television special, “Music Wars: Open Mike,” that will engage industry experts on the question of file sharing. The special, which will run on TechTV, will also feature [...]

By Declan McCullagh, Special to ZDNet 26 August 2003 COMMENTARY–Not too long ago, civil liberties groups aiming to protect peer-to-peer networks like Napster and Kazaa were happy to dispense some free legal advice to the Recording Industry Association of America. Instead of trying to shutter P2P networks and outlawing a blossoming form of technology, the [...]

Manolito P2P Network Targeted August 25, 2003 Thomas Mennecke Looking to find a safe haven from the persecution of the FastTrack network, many users headed over to the popular Manolito P2P network. While FastTrack has seen its number decline in the last month, the Manolito has managed to grow. However, Manolito’s growth has brought about [...]

From Reuters LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The California Supreme Court on Monday ruled that an injunction preventing a Web site operator from posting software on his Web site allowing users to circumvent DVD copy protection did not violate his free-speech rights. In a unanimous ruling, the court held that an injunction issued in behalf of [...]

From News.com A new set of services aimed at giving independent music labels online distribution is springing up, hoping to reach companies like Apple’s iTunes and the new Napster. San Francisco-based Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA) is the latest to hit the scene. It launched Monday with deals in place to negotiate digital rights on [...]

Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC, has announced plans to give the public full access to all the corporation’s programme archives. Mr Dyke said on Sunday that everyone would in future be able to download BBC radio and TV programmes from the internet. The service, the BBC Creative Archive, would be free and available [...]

We’ve just posted the LimeWire 3.5.1 beta on both the free download page and the pro download page. The pro download is available from your pro download page, and the free download is available at: LimeWire Beta 3.5.1 adds many new features to improve your searching and downloading experience. These changes include: – iTunes integration [...]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34980-2003Aug23.html By Leslie Walker The Washington Post Sunday, August 24, 2003; Page F07 Evidence is popping up that the record industry has millions of Internet music pirates on the run — but not the heavy-duty song swappers the industry has vowed to prosecute. The NPD Group market-research firm released data last week showing that the [...]

Up till now the R.I.A.A. subpoena campaign had been limited to those desolate souls who dared to share copyrighted material on the Fast Track network. Apparently all of that has just changed. In the updated August 22nd list of P2P user names with suits filed against then, 11 names from a non Fast Track network [...]

From MIT’s The Tech: The Recording Industry Association of America will send MIT a second subpoena seeking the identity of a network user alleged to have been illegally “offering hundreds of copyrighted works to the world-at-large” from MIT’s network through the KaZaA file-sharing system, an RIAA spokesman said last night. This time, the RIAA will [...]

    FreeNet introduces NextGen routing  in experimental branch The most fundamental improvement to Freenet’s core algorithm, “Next Generation Routing”, is now in the experimental branch of CVS. NGrouting holds the promise of making Freenet much faster than it is today, while improving virtually all aspects of Freenet’s performance. To learn more about NGrouting see [...]

Interesting article from MP3newswire.net comparing the recent change to the diamond cartel as described in this slashdot post and what P2P really means for the record industry cartel. Both industries increased profits through artificial shortage and are now both threatened by recent entities that will, or already have, ended product scarcity. It reminded me of [...]

p2pnet: Jane Doe’s arguments ‘already rejected’: RIAA Jane Doe’s legal motion to block an RIAA subpoena demanding that Verizon give up her name says the subpoena violates her rights to due process, privacy and anonymous association, as well as her contract with Verizon. Her arguments “have already been addressed by a federal judge – and [...]

(open source) giFT is a project designed to completely abstract low-level filesharing protocol communication while allowing seamless support for multiple networks. Currently available plugins include: OpenFT, Gnutella, and FastTrack (third party). homepage

BadBlue version 2.4.2 – the new release of the popular file-sharing web server – is out. BadBlue is one of the easiest ways to run a web site on your PC and is specifically designed to make it easy to share photos, music, videos, as well as business documents. New features includes: Remote administration: you [...]

Authorities warn the internet does not provide anonymity A man who has admitted illegally distributing songs on the internet before they were released in shops faces up to five years in prison. Federal prosecutors said Mark Shumaker, 21, of Florida, who headed the Apocalypse Crew group, has admitted infringing copyright laws. The Apocalypse Crew obtained [...]

Statement of Rep. Howard L. Berman – Introduction of the Peer to Peer Piracy Prevention Act July 25, 2002 Mr. Chairman: I rise today to introduce legislation that will help stop peer-to-peer piracy. The growth of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks has been staggering, even by Internet standards. From non-existence a few years ago, today nearly a [...]