SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Record labels typically view peer-to-peer networks like pirate ships — plundering their profits through illegal song swaps. They have sued the networks. They have sued file-sharers. Now this ironic twist: Record companies are hopping aboard a new generation of paid peer-to-peer networks. With the scramble to profit from “P2P,” a [...]

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The U.S. Supreme Court is about to play a vital role in determining the fortunes of the music industry. Its decision in the so-called Grokster case will finally clarify the industry’s ability to control peer-to-peer technology through existing law. In so doing, the court will influence the industry at every level, including its ability to [...]

The recording industry will ask the International Red Cross to freeze a trust fund allegedly controlled by the owners of Sharman Networks, an Australian software company. The music industry maintains that Sharman, the maker of the Kazaa peer-to-peer software, is owned by several companies through a trust fund registered in the Pacific island nation of [...]

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BMG has been hanging in faithfully with SunnComm, makers of the hapless and much-hacked MediaMax Copy-Prevention System, but it looks as if their relationship has foundered. Anthony Hamilton’s BMG CD Comin’ From Where I’m From went out under MediaMax protection, only to appear virtually simultaneously on the p2p networks and soon after, John Halderman discovered [...]

December 16, 2004Thomas Mennecke As the MPAA and other copyright organizations press onward against BitTorrent and eDonke2000 indexing/link sites, the number of sites affected continues to grow. Below is a current list of all sites that have been either forced or volunteered off line. We will add more sites as necessary. BitTorrentIt appears that BitTorrent [...]

Mp3 players may soon cost less in Canada following a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that copyright levies on digital music players aren’t legal. Exactly a year ago, the Copyright Board of Canada froze private copying levies on recording devices and at the same time, hiked non-removable memory (such as in Apple’s iPod) by $2 [...]

There are three things wrong with the MPAA’s all-out, multi-million-dollar war against people who share files online: 1. It isn’t necessary; 2. It won’t work; and, 3. It will further brand the entertainment industry as a venal collection of bloody-minded, black-hearted companies who see customers as ‘consumers’ whose only purpose in life is to act [...]

Dictionary Definition of Ignorance: “MPAA” The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the main lobbying group for Hollywood’s studios has continued it’s effort on publicly displaying it’s stupidity for all the world to see and marvel at. CNN ran a good story on the new efforts by the Band of Morons (MPAA) who recently once [...]

By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A recording industry trade group said Thursday that it has filed another wave of lawsuits against 754 people it suspects of distributing songs over the Internet without permission. The Recording Industry Association of America has now sued more than 7,000 people for distributing its songs over “peer to peer” [...]

Washington Internet Daily 12/16/2004EDonkey to Studios: Let’s Work TogetherThe movie industry should embrace eDonkey as a legitimate distribution medium for online movies, said company Pres. Sam Yagan. On Tues., the MPAA announced a new strategy to sue individuals operating tracking servers for eDonkey and 2 other popular P2P platforms. Yagan told us he hasn’t been [...]

E Content Magazine analyzes how far Hollwyood has come (or dragged their feet) since the heady days of “Blair Witch project.” Two opportunities exist: marketing to net-savvy youth audiences and distribution. Our answer: dinosaurs dancing. by Richard Hull | Oct ’04In the mid 1990′s, the buzzword in Hollywood was “convergence.” Everyone in Tinseltown sought desperately [...]

Travis Kalanick has puzzled many of his former friends and supporters by making an appearance at the MPAA press conference. Here’s his excuse. Thank you for the introduction Jon. Certainly I have a unique perspective on the litigation. The last time I was in a room with the MPAA was in a courtroom on the [...]

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Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has acquired GIANT Company Software Inc., a provider of top-rated anti-spyware and Internet security products. Microsoft will use intellectual property and technology assets from the acquisition to provide Microsoft® Windows® customers with new tools to help protect them from the threat of spyware and other deceptive software. In addition, [...]

Hollywood movie studios launched new legal action Tuesday against operators of sites that help connect people to movies on three major peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. In the United States and the United Kingdom, the Motion Picture Association of America, the main lobbying arm of U.S. film studios, filed civil lawsuits against more than 100 operators of [...]

By Michael Ingram French police have at least temporarily shut down Youceff Torrents, one of the largest torrent sites and recently listed in Slyck’s Top 10 SuprNova Alternatives. Arjan, the site administrator, was given no warning. The first signs came Monday afternoon when the site went offline. The hosting company initially said it was due [...]

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Back in April of 2004, Slyck published and article named “Top Ten ShareReactor Alternatives.” The article was in response to the fall of the once mighty ShareReactor, a massive eDonkey2000 link site. Despite its fall, many existing eDonkey2000 link sites were quick to receive ShareReactor refugees. Perhaps the most popular replacement, which many feel exceeded [...]