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  | Judge denies RIAA appeal in $222,000 case Found at 12/30/2008 via www.tgdaily.com
The Recording Industry Association of America has only one file sharing case left to go to trial, and a federal judge has denied its appeal: Months ago U.S. District Judge Michael Davis of Minnesota declared a mistrial in the Jammie Thomas case, thus nullifying a $222,000 award against the women for sharing 24 songs on the Kazaa network. More...
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| Judge Denies RIAA Appeal of Kazaa File-Sharing Mistrial Found at 12/29/2008 via blog.wired.com
A federal judge is denying the Recording Industry Association of America's request to appeal his decision granting a retrial in the RIAA's only file sharing case to go to trial. More...
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| RIAA To Work With ISPs, End Mass Litigation Found at 12/19/2008 via www.geek.com
Remember way back when, in the time of Napster and Kazaa? The RIAA had this brilliant plan to sue the pants off of anybody that they thought was possibly downloading music illegally? As I recall it, they thought that it would work wonders because nobody would continue to download if they saw how many people [...] More...
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| Tech Journal: RIAA at it again Found at 11/20/2008 via www.bcheights.com
For nearly 10 years, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has attempted to put a halt to online music file sharing. Kazaa, a peer-to-peer file-sharing service that allows users to download anything from pictures to actual computer software from other users on the network, has been the arch-nemesis of the RIAA since its origination. More...
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| By Mark Hachman, PC Magazine Found at 11/4/2008 via 
Jammie Thomas, who was ordered to pay $222,000 to a group of music labels for allegedly pirating songs using the Kazaa peer-to-peer service, has been granted a new trial... More...
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| MTV Bleeps out File-Sharing Sites? Found at 10/31/2008 via www.crunchgear.com
I can't figure this out . This video, from MTV's video site , has been bleeped by MTV in an effort to hide file sharing system names in Weird Al Yankovic "Don't Download This Song." The original lyrics: Once in a while maybe you will feel the urge To break international copyright law By downloading MP3s from file-sharing sites Like Morpheus or Grokster or Limewire or KaZaA Strangley, all ... More...
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| Brilliant Digital aims to make P2P content legal automatically Found at 10/29/2008 via www.geek.com
Kevin Bermeister, formerly associated with Kazaa, and Michael Speck, formerly of the Music Industry Piracy Investigations organization, have joined forces to solve illegal content on file sharing networks. Together they are partners in digital content licensing company Brilliant Digital Entertainment; and believe they have created a solution that will replace illegal content on P2P networks. The ... More...
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| Ex-Kazaaer wants to turn pirates into paying customers Found at 10/28/2008 via arstechnica.com
Former KaZaA heavyweight Kevin Bermeister has allied with his former music-business enemy and plans to launch a new service that would present would-be pirates with legal alternatives when they attempt to download content. The software is ready for trial deployment, but no word yet on whether it can navigate the minefield of Big Content licensing. Read More... More...
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| Rivals combine to combat crime Found at 10/28/2008 via busselton.yourguide.com.au
Two former adversaries who squared off in a bitter legal battle over Kazaa have joined forces to invent new technology that they say will eliminate the illegal sharing of pirated content and child porn over peer-to-peer networks. More...
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| Rivals combine to combat crime Found at 10/28/2008 via smh.com.au
TWO former adversaries who squared off in a bitter legal battle over Kazaa have joined forces to invent technology they say will kill the illegal sharing of pirated content and child porn over peer-to-peer networks. More...
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| Kazaa switches sides to fight pirates and porn Found at 10/28/2008 via www.theinquirer.net
KAZAA has become a P2P poacher turned game keeper and invented new technology with the music industry that it claims will eliminate the illegal sharing of pirated content and child porn over peer-to-peer networks. More...
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| Kazaa foes join up to fight pirates, porn Found at 10/28/2008 via www.smh.com.au
Former legal adversaries join forces to eliminate illegal file sharing. More...
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| Kazaa foes join up to fight pirates and porn Found at 10/28/2008 via smh.com.au
Two former adversaries who squared off in a bitter legal battle over Kazaa join forces to eliminate the illegal file sharing. More...
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| Kazaa rivals join up to fight pirates and porn Found at 10/28/2008 via www.smh.com.au
Former adversaries who squared off in bitter legal battle join forces to eliminate illegal file sharing. More...
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| Judge Rejects 'Making Available' Defense in Teen File Sharing Case Found at 10/24/2008 via blog.wired.com
A federal judge is ordering a 20-year-old Texas woman to pay the Recording Industry Association of America $7,400 to settle copyright infringement violations from when she was a juvenile. The woman demanded a trial, but the judge ruled she was liable because she made the songs available on an open share folder on Kazaa. The outcome underscores that the level of proof necessary to win a file ... More...
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