RIAA Files Suit Against 762 More File-Swappers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A recording-industry trade group said on Thursday it had filed a new round of lawsuits against 762 people it suspects of distributing its songs for free over Internet “peer to peer” networks like Kazaa and eDonkey.
The Recording Industry Association of America (news – web sites) has now sued roughly 5,400 people over [...]
Senate Panel Delays Induce Act Vote Again
WASHINGTON — For the third time in three weeks, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee decided to take no action on the controversial Induce Act aimed at illegal file swapping on peer-to-peer networks.
Written by Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and the committee’s ranking Democrat, Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 [...]
File-sharing debaters swap harsh words
Here at Digital Hollywood, the debate over peer-to-peer technology rages–literally.
On Wednesday, executives from P2P software companies, along with audience members from a panel at the Digital Hollywood conference, openly argued–Jerry Springer-style–about whether sharing and downloading copyrighted film and music files over distributed file networks is legal.
, Panel members–from companies including P2P technology makers Altnet and [...]
Yotoshi Expands To Search FastTrack (KaZaA, Grokster)
Previously known as ‘bitoogle’, ‘Yotoshi’ has begun a project allowing users to live search the FastTrack p2p system, and download files straight from their browsers or download managers without the KaZaA or Grokster software.The new service, launched earlier this morning, is still in beta but lead developer ’smash’ of the project hopes to have everything [...]
DC++ 0.4033
Released: September 27, 2004License: FreewareScreenshotDownload
Publishers Description:DC++ is an open source C++ client for the Direct Connect protocol. Direct Connect allows you to share files over the Internet without restrictions or limits.
0.4033Changes:*** WARNING *** This update will change all your config files and queues, and it is very probable that you won’t be able to revert [...]
US House Passes Bill Targeting Net Song Swappers
Users of Internet “peer to peer” networks, already dodging lawsuits from the recording industry, could face up to three years in prison under a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.
The House voted to enlist the government to a greater degree in the entertainment industry’s fight against those who copy its products [...]
Researchers Investigate P2P Users
Academics in the UK are running on online questionnaire looking at awareness of P2P, counterfeiting and legit online services. So far they sent out 15,000 questionnaires in England and Ireland and the web survey is the next part of their research. There are prizes offered for completing their questionnaire though… More info at http://www.iptocproject.org/press1.htm
Bush and Kerry on p2p
p2pnet.net News:- With George W. Bush and John Kerry trying to convince American voters that each would be better than the other at running America, p2p file sharing has come up. Kind of.
Predictably, both men are doing their best to dodge around INDUCE, but both seem have views on file sharing and p2p applications.
“President Bush’s [...]
Revised EFF white paper on P2P and copyright
Just posted today, a revised version of EFF’s “IAAL: What P2P Developers Need to Know about Copyright Law.” This revised version takes into account last month’s landmark court ruling in the MGM v. Grokster case (in which EFF is counsel). This will be of interest to any who do any development work on P2P projects: [...]
AudioGalaxy clone available for Linux!
MediaSeek.pl 4 LiNUX is a highly anonymous AG-like P2P file-sharing application for Linux (i386) that allows you to download MP3 files. It uses an easy-to-use Web-based interface including mobile-phone support that enables you to find your favorite songs and download them to your computer.W3cache proxy support ensures high privacy level.Windows version is also available.MediaSeek.pl 4 [...]
