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RIAA targets students in new file-swapping suits

October 28, 2004 The recording industry trade group files 750 suits, despite evidence that earlier suits failed to curtail swapping. TAGS: RIAA, file-swapping, suit, P2P, lawsuit, study, Kazaa, researcher, Apple Computer, student, hard drive, MP3

New RIAA file-swapping suits filed

March 23, 2004 The record industry group steps up the pace of its legal action--with a new focus on students. TAGS: RIAA, file-swapping, suit, file-sharing

File-swap suits strike a nerve

September 10, 2003 The major record labels have filed a series of landmark lawsuits against 261 alleged music pirates. Now comes the hard part. TAGS: RIAA, file-swapping, girl, file-trading, P2P, lawsuit, suit

RIAA embarks on new round of piracy suits

January 21, 2004 The record label group's biggest wave of song-swapping lawsuits yet targets more than 500 computer users--but the filings don't say who they are. TAGS: RIAA, song-swapping, file-swapping, suit, lawsuit, appeals court, NPD Group Inc., Internet Service Provider, survey, service provider, process, music, IP

RIAA files 80 new file-swapping suits

October 30, 2003 Warning letters prompt many people to settle with the Recording Industry Association of America before being sued. TAGS: RIAA, file-swapping, Brianna Lahara, Kazaa, lawsuit, Nielsen/NetRatings, round, settlement, suit, risk, letter, P2P, agreement

RIAA sues 261 file swappers

September 8, 2003 The Recording Industry Association of America files 261 copyright lawsuits against alleged file swappers, promising "thousands more" in months to come. TAGS: RIAA, defendant, file-swapping, aggregation site, lawsuit, copyright law, Kazaa, file-swapping network, suit, Napster Inc., copy, attorney, music

Kazaa blasts Hollywood 'conspiracy'

September 23, 2003 Sharman Networks, owner of the popular Kazaa software, tells a court that studios and record labels conspired to drive file-swapping companies out of business. TAGS: Sharman Networks Ltd., file-swapping company, Kazaa, Altnet, file-swapping, conspiracy, antitrust, suit, studio, P2P, distribution, antipiracy, federal judge, Napster Inc., Hollywood, movie

RIAA sued for amnesty offer

September 10, 2003 An RIAA program that lets people avoid legal action by stepping forward and forfeiting traded songs is "misleading and fraudulent," according to a suit a California resident filed. TAGS: amnesty, RIAA, file-swapping, SLATE, suit, trade group, lawsuit, legal action, Kazaa, California, document

RIAA cracks down on Internet2 file swapping

April 12, 2005 Students on 18 campuses will be sued for using high-speed i2Hub peer-to-peer network. TAGS: Internet2, RIAA, file-swapping, university, student, lawsuit, suit, P2P, Napster Inc.

Will file traders face the music?

September 9, 2003 As emerging details cast defendants as parents of Kazaa-loving children or as unwitting targets, some RIAA suits may turn out to be more complicated than they appear. TAGS: RIAA, defendant, file-swapping, trader, Kazaa, suit, lawsuit, Internet Service Provider, attorney, Wi-Fi

StreamCast names Skype, Kazaa in lawsuit

March 27, 2006 The owner of P2P application Morpheus is suing over the technology underlying Skype's Net phone software. TAGS: StreamCast Networks, Skype, Kazaa, suit, Sharman Networks Ltd., defendant, Morpheus, lawsuit, file-swapping, P2P, attorney

File-swapping lawsuits loom in Canada

February 13, 2004 Canadian record labels ask a court to order ISPs to identify subscribers it suspects may have illegally distributed music files, in prelude to filing piracy lawsuits. TAGS: file-swapping, RIAA, Canada, Internet Service Provider, subscriber, identity, lawsuit, suit, president, music, U.S.

RIAA's case of mistaken identity?

September 24, 2003 Record industry attorneys withdraw a file-swapping suit after an apparent mix-up in Net identification. TAGS: RIAA, file-swapping, Brianna Lahara, attorney, file-trading, Comcast Corp., identity, computer user, suit, spokeswoman, letter, Internet Service Provider, Time Warner Inc., IP

Record industry warns of new lawsuits

October 17, 2003 The Recording Industry Association of America has begun preparing a second round of file-swapping lawsuits, notifying 204 individuals that they are in line to be sued for copyright infringement. TAGS: RIAA, file-swapping, Kazaa, lawsuit, suit, round, letter, wave, P2P, chance

RIAA sues iMesh file-trading firm

September 19, 2003 The Recording Industry Association of America says it had sued the Israeli file-swapping company, one of the oldest of the peer-to-peer companies still in operation. TAGS: iMesh, file-trading, RIAA, file-swapping company, Aimster, file-swapping, StreamCast Networks, Grokster Ltd., peer-to-peer company, suit, Napster Inc., activity, Los Angeles, lawsuit, P2P, New York

Week in review: Antitrust again

December 19, 2003 Just as it seemed Microsoft was finally making headway in putting antitrust troubles behind it, the software giant again found itself accused of anticompetitive behavior. TAGS: antitrust, Eliot Spitzer, spam, file-swapping, lawsuit, suit, investigation, Week in review, New York, RealNetworks Inc., media player, Europe, e-mail, president, health, Microsoft Corp.

RIAA steps up file-trading suits

February 17, 2004 The Recording Industry Association of America files 531 new copyright suits against alleged music swappers. TAGS: RIAA, file-trading, Internet service, NPD Group Inc., lawsuit, Internet Service Provider, pace, service provider, suit, evidence, court, file-swapping, subscriber, music, U.S.
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