Grandgood (Free subscription) | yesterday
Apparently, Muxtape was shut down by the RIAA even though its owner was in the process of working out licensing deals with the major labels. I can’t say I’m really surprised by this predicament though. It’s just another example of the disconnect between a regulatory agency and the individuals they’re supposedly trying to protect. Peep [...]
AfterDawn.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
New York District Judge William H. Pauley III has dismissed the RIAA's copyright infringment lawsuit against MP3Tunes ' CEO Michael Robertson but has said the lawsuit against the company itself will go on as planned. The lawsuit, brought forward by the RIAA on behalf of EMI and 14 other labels claims that MP3Tunes "infringed on copyrights as it offers an online music storage service, allowing users...
Techdirt (Free subscription) | yesterday
Many people realized long ago, that contrary to what the RIAA (and the politicians it supports) states, the RIAA is not representing the interests of "the music industry," but rather the interests of a few big record labels. Those interests are often directly at odds with the actual musicians. It's almost amazing it's taken this long, but a bunch of musicians, including Radiohead, are now forming their...
Singularity (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here’s the second episode of our new podcast. Once again we discuss the most important tech law issues of the week. This week’s topics include RealNetworks’ new DVD-importing software, the EFF’s report on five years of RIAA litigation, net neutrality, Apple’s threats to shut down iTunes in the midst of a royalty dispute, an online [...]
Recording Industry vs The People (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Came across a gem of an interview with Jon Newton of p2pnet.net , who's been totally on top of the RIAA problem since long before I came on the scene, and who publishes a terrific web site. He is interviewed by Tom Mennecke of Slyck.com , another excellent journalist covering the p2p world. For me, who came to this issue only because (a) I'm a lawyer, and (b) I hate bullies.... it's fascinating to...
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
This week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) published a report covering five years of the RIAA's Campaign to sue music fans, calling attention to recent events that demonstrate the RIAA's "education" campaign is meeting stinging skepticism from courts, academics, and state watchdog groups. Even with more than 30,000 Americans targeted for legal action, peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading continues...
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
In a bizarre interpretation of how a judge is supposed to base his decisions on evidence rather than feelings, Judge Michael R. Hogan considering a motion to quash an RIAA subpoena against the University Of Oregon has decided that the lies the RIAA told the court - sorry, the "misrepresentations the RIAA made to the court" were probably an honest mistake . Well, maybe they were made in good faith,...
Musematic (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Okay, just one more on “piracy,” for now. Via Techdirt: “The EFF has a long and comprehensive look into the RIAA’s five year (and running) legal campaign against file sharing. It’s a great overview that not only brings you up to speed if you haven’t been following the whole thing, but also puts [...]
AterSlash (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
They probably told him they know all about his stolen Barry Manilow mp3s he has on his laptop in his chambers, justice was served shortly after.
EXCESS COPYRIGHT (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The EFF has a well documented and to date analysis of the RIAA's litigation campaign against ordinary folks and how and why it hasn't worked. HK
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- In an RIAA rep Reader’s Write to Shut down lyric sites!, RIAA rep says: “To the first poster that couldn’t find anything on our RIAA or members sites: this problem is the fault of all you illegal downloaders, you idiot. “We say what you get and what you don’t get. Capiche?” Under [...]
open... (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Those e-petition replies just keep on coming. In response to the following: “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to not force internet service providers to act as legal representatives for the RIAA and be treated like a common courier.” That nice Mr Brown says : The Government recently published a consultation document on unlawful Peer-to-Peer (P2P) filesharing, which intends to gather views...
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
p2pnet news view RIAA | MPAA News:- “TekSavvy is a Canadian ISP, Mp3Rocket is a US p2p file sharing application,” and, “RealNetworks is a US company trying to turn online music into paying (for it) concern,” p2pnet posted yesterday, going on: “Apart from the fact they all depend on the Net in one way or another, [...]
Geek News Central (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
It seems like the RIAA is unstoppable in its crusade to sue music lovers into oblivion. They are using the courts to get their way with ridiculous judgments being handed out. A single illegal downloaded song can cost a...
Recording Industry vs The People (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has issued an excellent, detailed report about the RIAA's 5 year old litigation campaign: RIAA v. The People: Five Years Later September, 2008 On September 8, 2003, the recording industry sued 261 American music fans for sharing songs on peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, kicking off an unprecedented legal campaign against the people that should be the recording...
