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Media Industry Strikes Back At Online Infringers
In: web resources
3 Aug 2011It’s no secret that piracy of music and movies over the Internet is rampant and costs the entertainment industry billions of dollars annually. Most people involved in this activity are not hardened criminals, and if asked, will probably admit that it is a technical violation of the law, but that it’s not really that illegal. [...]
The Recording Industry Association of America, having just come out victorious in a $105 million settlement money with file-sharing service LimeWire, has set its sights on a new target: cloud-computing service Box.Net. UPDATE: We’ve just heard back from Box.net. Apparently, the entire issue boils down to a fairly standard Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown [...]
U.S. Internet Piracy Is on the Decline [STATS]
In: web resources
25 Mar 2011Internet piracy is on the decline in the U.S., according to new research from NPD Group. The percentage of the U.S. Internet population using a P2P file-sharing service to download music has decreased from 16% (28 million users) at the end of 2007, to 9% (16 million users) in the fourth quarter of 2010 — [...]
RIAA Defeats LimeWire in Major Piracy Lawsuit
In: web resources
13 May 2010LimeWire, the ubiquitous P2P service commonly associated with illegal file-sharing, has been found liable for facilitating the distribution of copyright infringement. In a 59-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Kimba Wood ruled in favor of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In his ruling, Kimba stated that Lime Wire (the company behind LimeWire) “optimized [...]
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