Music industry 'nails UK pirates'
The UK music industry has claimed victory in its first battle with illegal file-sharers after 23 people paid £50,000 to settle out of court. The...
Showdown Looms for P2P Networks
A group of technology trade groups, consumer advocates, and lawyers have filed more than 20 briefs in support of peer-to-peer software vendors facing a U.S...
Movie body hits peer-to-peer nets
The movie industry has struck out at file-sharing networks with another round of lawsuits in the US. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) also...
Norway upholds 'Napster' ruling
A Norwegian student who ran a website which linked to downloadable MP3 files has been ordered to pay compensation by the country's Supreme Court. Frank...
Music industry boss defends file-sharing lawsuits
The global music industry is fighting a determined war on piracy, suing thousands of persistent violators from teachers to managing directors, its trade association said...
First convictions in U.S. P2P piracy fight
Two men have pleaded guilty to copyright-infringement for distributing music, software and movies over the Internet in the first U.S. convictions for piracy over peer-to-peer...
California senator goes after P2P
A bill introduced in the California Legislature last Friday seeks to do what U.S. federal courts have so far refused to do: criminalize selling, advertising,...
Kazaa could help copyright fight, claims Prof
The Kazaa peer-to-peer software could be designed to block unauthorised file sharing and warn users of copyright infringement, according to an Australian professor. The record...
Napster creator back in the P2P business
Napster creator Shawn Fanning has jumped back into the P2P fray with the launch of Snocap, a company offering online music licensing and copyright management...
Record labels cut deals with file-sharing companies
The major record labels, which refused initially to deal with the emerging online song file-sharing technologies, have turned over a new leaf. Shawn Fanning, who...
