$200,000 Lawsuit Successful – FTC Shuts Down Databroker Business in US
Selling phone numbers, among other personal data information, has just gotten legally more difficult recently. The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has successfully sued a website that sells personal information to marketers without the consent of affected consumers.
It seems like such a simple, yet effective scheme. Build a business that collects personal information on [...]
Canadian MP – Debate WIPO Before Copyright Ratification
A member of the New Democratic Party of Canada is essentially calling on the government to stay true to its own election platform. Charlie Angus is calling for debate before new Copyright legislation is tabled
One of the talking points by Maxime Bernier, the minister of Canadian Industry who took the reigns of the copyright [...]
Can the RIAA Sue for Attempted Copyright Infringement?
The Atlantic vs Howell has just taken on a new twist. While the case brought everyone the now-famous claim that ‘CD ripping is illegal‘, now the RIAA is saying that people can be liable for attempted copyright infringement. The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has announced that they are stepping in on the matter.
The [...]
‘Suggestions to College Students Being Targeted by the RIAA’
Recording Industry vs the People have posted some great tips for those college students that have been targeted by the RIAA in their campus file-sharing crackdown.
Ty Rogers and Ray Beckerman of Recording Industry vs the People are New York City-based lawyers who through the Electronic Frontier Foundation have undertaken to represent people in their [...]
RIAA College Crackdown Round 3
The RIAA announced yesterday that it had sent a third wave of 413 pre-litigation settlement letters to 22 universities across the country.
A new wave of the RIAA’s "deterrence program" has begun, with the lobbying group claiming that it has caught students for "illegal file-trafficking" at 22 different college campuses. That’s right, I said "file-trafficking." [...]
‘The Sultans of Spin’ – Take the RIAA survey
Jon over at P2Pnet is conducting a survey on the practices of the RIAA and its effect on the music industry, file-sharing, and individuals as a whole.
The survey only takes but a few minutes and I think we all can agree that the results will be interesting for us all to take a look [...]
“P2P Lawsuits”and “P2P Extortion,” the 2007 yin and yang of the file-sharing debate
The RIAA’s P2P Lawsuits site will kindly take your money to settle your case, whereas the rebutting “P2P Extortion” site shows you how to “stick it to the man”.
P2P Lawsuits is the latest bit of hubris churned out by the execs at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and P2P Extortion is the [...]
MPAA v Shawn Hogan: The Zeropaid Interview
Chris from Zeropaid recently had the chance to sit down with Shawn Hogan, who is an interesting guy fighting an MPAA settlement agreement. Shawn was accused of downloading Meet the Fockers (a DVD he actually owns), offered the traditional $2500.00 settlement, and instead opted to see the fight through to trial. We will be following [...]
Fans Pushing Back Against File-Sharing Suits
Music fans from Texas to Dusseldorf are organizing in an attempt to push back against the music industry’s lawsuits over online piracy.
The Electronic Freedom Foundation is reviving its efforts to ignite a lobbying movement among music fans and recording artists. In addition to updating its page on file sharing, the group is urging its blog [...]
UK RIAA to sue AllofMP3.com
The U.K. music-industry trade organization, the BPI, is to sue popular Russian download site AllofMP3.com, claiming it is operating outside the law and not sharing any of its profits with the artists whose music it sells.
AllofMP3.com sells music singles and albums for download in a fashion similar to rival iTunes, but AllofMP3’s offerings typically are [...]
