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  | The greedy can't drown in blood money Found at 3/10/2010 via www.westerncourier.com
If the name Joel Tenenbaum doesn't ring a bell, it's because the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) doesn't want you to know about him. Tenenbaum's the Boston University grad student who was sued by the RIAA in court for illegally downloading 30 songs ranging from Green Day to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. More...
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| RIAA labels 'forced' Apple to make iTunes LP: sources Found at 3/9/2010 via www.macnn.com
The creation of iTunes LP was largely the result of major label pressure on Apple, a series of telling leaks has revealed. Music industry contacts claim that the 'deluxe' albums were a necessary part of the same deal that also forced variable song pricing in exchange for an all DRM-free catalog. The RIAA member labels, not Apple, wanted to resuscitate album sales and thought the bundle of ... More...
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| Charles Nesson Ruled Jointly Liable To Pay RIAA Found at 3/4/2010 via 
eldavojohn writes "The highly anticipated Joel Tenenbaum trial ended in a disaster for Tenenbaum. But worse for his highly publicized lawyer, Charles Nesson, they are both liable for payment of the court's decision to the RIAA. Nesson's pro bono agreement with Tenenbaum may turn out to be a seriously expensive experiment for the Harvard Law Professor." As the Ars story points out, though, it's ... More...
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| Charles Nesson, scourge of the labels, now must pay them Found at 3/4/2010 via arstechnica.com
Joel Tenenbaum, the second P2P defendant to take his case to trial in the US, may never pay the $675,000 judgment currently filed against him?but someone on his legal team will soon be paying something . Judge Nancy Gertner has ruled that both Tenenbaum and his lawyer, Harvard Law's Charles Nesson, are "jointly and severally liable" for some fees incurred by the RIAA during the trial. The ruling ... More...
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| Breaking Benjamin's 'Dear Agony' Certified Gold Found at 3/3/2010 via biz.yahoo.com
Dear Agony, the 4th release from multi-platinum rockers BREAKING BENJAMIN , has been certified Gold by the RIAA, marking sales in excess of 500K. Â Released September 29, 2009, the CD debuted #4 on Billboard's Top 200 chart on one of the busiest release days of the year and #1 iTunes Rock Album Chart. Â Dear Agony also spun off a #1 song at Active Rock with "I Will Not Bow" where it stayed #1 ... More...
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| MUSIC INDUSTRY: Former Teen Cheerleader Dinged $27,750 for Infringing 37 Songs Found at 2/27/2010 via www.allaboutjazz.com
Harper must pay the RIAA $27,750 for file sharing that began when she was 14. A federal appeals court is ordering a university student to pay the Recording Industry Association of America $27,750 $750 a track for file sharing 37 songs when she was a high school cheerleader. The decision Thursday by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a Texas federal judge who had ordered defendant ... More...
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| Former Teen Cheerleader Dinged $27,750 for File Sharing 37 Songs Found at 2/26/2010 via feeds.malaysianews.net
Whitney Harper must pay the RIAA $27,750 for file sharing that began when she was 14 A federal appeals court is ordering a university student to pay the Recording Industry Association of America $27,7... More...
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| RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google Found at 2/26/2010 via 
DMCA Notices: RIAA DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google;
From: RIAA To: Google, Inc.
Date: 2010-02-25 More...
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| Hunter Fast ?12: Steal this newspaper Found at 2/25/2010 via www.browndailyherald.com
By: Hunter Fast In 2006, the RIAA sued a Russian music-sharing Web site for $1.65 trillion, despite the fact that this is a value larger than the entire nominal GDP of Russia.... More...
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| Lobby Group Says Open Source Threatens Capitalism Found at 2/25/2010 via mashable.com
Does advocating the use of open source software make one an enemy of capitalism? Yes, according to a U.S. intellectual property lobby group. The Guardian reports that the International Intellectual Property Alliance, a lobby group broadly representing the RIAA, MPAA and others, has requested that the U.S. government put countries including Indonesia, Brazil, and India on the ?Special 301 ... More...
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| WEB/TECH: FCC Warns Against File Sharing Sites Found at 2/23/2010 via www.allaboutjazz.com
Peer-to-peer file-sharing networks such as those used by individuals to exchange music and video files pose enormous security risks for people and organizations, the Federal Trade Commission warned Monday. The public announcement was immediately hailed by the MPAA and RIAA, which have long waged antipiracy campaigns against P2P webs. The FTC said it has notified almost 100 organizations that ... More...
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| FTC tags schools among data breaches from P2P file sharing Found at 2/23/2010 via education.zdnet.com
As if RIAA and the MPAA didn't give us enough reasons to ban file-sharing traffic in our schools, the FTC has contacted over 100 organizations (including several schools) who inadvertently released sensitive data through file-sharing activities. Do you want to be getting a letter like this from the Federal Trade Commission? Dear Sir or Madam: Data on several of the students in your school ... More...
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| Beyonce Earns Most RIAA Certifications of the Decade Found at 2/22/2010 via www.theboombox.com
Superstar Beyonce has another accolade to put under her belt, receiving the most certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America in the last decade. Beyonce has received a whopping 64 certification for units sold for albums, master ringtones, and digital songs. Additionally, Beyonce has 19 master ringtone certifications, the highest certification for a female solo artist for ... More...
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| Beyonce decade's most successful musician: Record industry Found at 2/22/2010 via www.newkerala.com
London, Feb 22 : Pop diva Beyonce Knowles has received a major accolade by the RIAA, which has named her the most successful musician of 2000-09 in the US. More...
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| Beyonce decade's most successful musician: Record industry Found at 2/22/2010 via sify.com
Pop diva Beyonce Knowles has received a major accolade by the RIAA, which has named her the most successful musician of 2000-09 in the US. More...
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