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Music rebels seek to tame P2P

November 16, 2004 Napster's Shawn Fanning is among converts offering hope of detente between record labels, some file-swappers. TAGS: Shawn Fanning, P2P, Snocap, Napster Inc., file-swapping network, online music, file-swapping, online music company, song, music, Apple iTunes

Covering tracks: New privacy hope for P2P

February 24, 2004 Programmers seek the path to anonymous file-swapping, hoping to evade RIAA lawsuits. TAGS: file-swapping, BayTSP, P2P, RIAA, privacy, file-swapping network, track, connection

Supercharged college P2P network closes

November 15, 2005 I2Hub, a file-swapping network piggybacking on the Internet2 research network, posts its own epitaph. TAGS: Internet2, file-swapping network, P2P, college, RIAA, file-swapping, entertainment

Senators ask P2P companies to police themselves

November 21, 2003 A group of Washington lawmakers calls for file-swapping companies to help stop distribution of copyrighted materials and pornography on their networks. TAGS: file-swapping, lawmaker, file-swapping company, file-trading, P2P, senator, porn, file-swapping network, Sen., distribution, material, letter, Washington

Does Kazaa matter?

June 30, 2004 The top file-swapping network is facing lawsuits, junk downloads and strong rivals. Some say it's past its prime. TAGS: Sharman Networks Ltd., Kazaa, file-swapping, eDonkey, file-swapping network, P2P, BitTorrent, market research, lawsuit

Feds target P2P child porn

May 14, 2004 File-swapping companies support "Operation Peer Pressure," which has resulted in the arrest of more than 65 people and more than 350 searches of computers. TAGS: file-swapping company, P2P, file-swapping network, file-swapping, Kazaa, agency, children

P2P companies say they can't filter

January 29, 2004 A trade group tells Congress that lawmakers "have been deliberately misinformed" about file-swapping companies' ability to block copyrighted files or porn. TAGS: file-swapping company, Audible Magic, file-swapping, P2P, RIAA, file-swapping network, legislator, filter, member, letter

New plans for P2P commerce, despite court wait

June 22, 2005 Uncertainty about impending Supreme Court decision isn't stopping new companies' ideas for file-swapping profits. TAGS: P2P, copyright violation, Grokster Ltd., commerce, Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Altnet, file-swapping, LimeWire, Gnutella, Britney Spears, search result, file-swapping network, founder, software company, Google Inc.

Should ISP subscribers pay for P2P?

December 5, 2003 Several proposals to collect money from ISP subscribers to pay for online music swapping are bubbling to public attention in the United States and Canada. TAGS: music publisher, songwriter, Internet Service Provider, file-swapping, proposal, Canada, P2P, online music, music company, file-swapping network, subscriber, cable television, fee, idea, court, music

Supercharged college P2P project expands

August 16, 2004 I2hub, the file-swapping network on Internet2, wants a piece of ordinary campus commerce. TAGS: Internet2, file-swapping network, campus, university, college, P2P, student, file-swapping, Kazaa, Sharman Networks Ltd., bandwidth, Napster Inc., broadband, video

P2P group seeks cross-industry detente

October 8, 2003 A file-swapping plan backed by Kazaa's parent and by Altnet foresees $900 million per month in music revenue for record companies. But getting labels and ISPs to agree to it may take some doing. TAGS: Altnet, Sharman Networks Ltd., Kazaa, file-swapping, record company, P2P, file-swapping company, file-swapping network, discussion, RIAA, stage, antitrust, song, member

Last waltz for Grokster

November 7, 2005 File-swap stalwart to pull plug on P2P network, hand $50 million in damages to studios, labels, publishers. TAGS: Grokster Ltd., StreamCast Networks, settlement, file-swapping network, file-swapping, entertainment company, P2P, entertainment, attorney, analysis, agreement, movie

BitTorrent file-swapping networks face crisis

December 20, 2004 Core sites supporting file-trading communities go dark, in overnight victory for Hollywood and allies. TAGS: BitTorrent, file-swapping, hub, file-swapping network, victory, Hollywood, community, movies, P2P

Legal P2P opens for business

October 25, 2005 iMesh relaunches Tuesday as the first formerly unregulated peer-to-peer network to turn itself into a paid music service. iMesh reopens with 'label approved' P2P TAGS: iMesh, P2P, file-swapping network, label, RealNetworks Rhapsody, file-swapping, song, Napster Inc.

Senate bill would ban P2P networks

June 23, 2004 Bill would outlaw file-trading networks such as Kazaa, Morpheus. Also potentially at risk: MP3 players and other devices. TAGS: Morpheus, file-swapping network, P2P, StreamCast Networks, file-trading, violation, Grokster Ltd., file-swapping, Kazaa, copyright law, support, chairman

Napster's Fanning has Snocap-ped vision

January 24, 2004 Napster creator Shawn Fanning is working on new venture aiming to help record labels make money from file swapping. TAGS: Snocap, Shawn Fanning, Napster Inc., Altnet, file-swapping, Sharman Networks Ltd., flood, file-swapping company, peer-to-peer company, file-swapping network, P2P, entertainment company, San Francisco, entertainment

MPAA targets core BitTorrent, eDonkey users

December 14, 2004 Civil, criminal suits are filed against key file-swappers in the United States and Europe. TAGS: eDonkey, BitTorrent, file-swapping network, Napster Inc., Europe, P2P, antipiracy, file-swapping, Hollywood, movies, U.S., movie, server

Napster's Fanning has Snocap-ped vision

January 26, 2004 Shawn Fanning, creator of the once notorious song-swap service, is working on new venture aiming to help record labels make money from file swapping. TAGS: Snocap, Shawn Fanning, Napster Inc., Altnet, Sharman Networks Ltd., file-swapping, flood, peer-to-peer company, file-swapping network, entertainment company, P2P, San Francisco, entertainment

Colleges making dent in campus P2P

September 2, 2003 An alliance that includes the Recording Industry Association of America and universities says it is making progress in educating students about file swapping. TAGS: college, RIAA, file-swapping, university, file-trading, file-swapping network, committee, student, P2P, education, alliance, digital music, entertainment, representative, president
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