Even After Shutting Down, LimeWire Can't Catch a Break [Piracy]
# piracy LimeWire has been kaput as a file-sharing service since October but that hasn't stopped its legal woes. Now, after settling with the RIAA to the tune of $105 million, the MPAA and a host of indie music labels have filed lawsuits against the company as well. Talk about beating a dead horse. More »
Guns, body armor, and raids: The piracy fight gets dangerous
Police raid the home of MegaUpload's Kim DotCom wielding automatic weapons. Anonymous publishes the Social Security number of a sports promoter who disagrees with them. Are both sides hurting their causes by turning to increasingly tougher tactics?
Conflict over file sharing turns increasingly extreme
Police raid the home of MegaUpload's Kim DotCom, a copyright offender, wielding automatic weapons. Anonymous publishes the social security number of a sports promoter that disagrees with them...are both sides hurting their causes by turning to increasingly tougher tactics?
Global music group isn't backing down on piracy
The RIAA's overseas equivalent releases a report outlining steps the industry should take to keep up the fight against piracy.
Hacktivist Group Anonymous Takes Down Government, Music Industry Websites
Philiana Ng Following the shutdown of Megaupload, the collective retaliated by shutting down websites for the RIAA, MPAA and the Department of Justice, just to name a few. read more
Angry Birds Chief Says Piracy Can Be Good For Business
Not everyone in the music industry is as vehemently anti-piracy as the giants of the Recording Industry Association of American (RIAA) — one of the last beleaguered bastions of an anachronistic music imperium which, like the giant cartelized companies in the age of mercantilism, is only sustainable as long as its members continue to wield influence over legislators. At the annual Medim ...
Viewpoint: Morals of illegal downloads
As the world rapidly advances, the music business is slowly unraveling and being driven to oblivion. The change is inevitable, but has been severely hastened because of increased illegal music downloading since the Shawn Fanning case in 2002. In the case, Fanning, the creator of peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, was sued by multiple artists for freely distributing their music. read more
RapidShare Attorney: If We're Shut Down Like Megaupload, Then YouTube, Dropbox, Apple's iCloud Are Next
RapidShare is one of the world's most popular file-hosting sites, and many have wondered whether the site could be next on the feds' list of targets after Megaupload. There's been near nuclear fallout from federal prosecutors shuttering of Megaupload, the file-sharing service accused of costing the entertainment industry $500 million in lost revenues. It's estimated that shutting down Megaupload ...
SOPA and PIPA: What went wrong?
For Internet activists, last week's Web protests against two controversial copyright enforcement bills were a huge victory against three powerful and well-funded trade groups that pushed hard for passage of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act.