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9 Dec 2015, 9:05 am by David Kravets
(credit: Aurous) A music piracy site for the truly lazy that debuted two months ago agreed Wednesday to shut down and to forfeit its domain to the Recording Industry Association of America, which brought a lawsuit that is now being settled. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 8:49 pm by Hank Fasthoff
In August 2007, the Recording Industry Association of America (“RIAA”) sued Joel Tenenbaum (then a college student) for copyright infringement for downloading 31 songs and making them publicly available to others over the Internet. [read post]
29 Nov 2010, 10:35 am by David Kravets
Supreme Court declined Monday to hear the first Recording Industry Association of America file sharing case to cross its desk, in a case that tested the so-called “innocent infringer” defense to copyright infringement. [read post]
25 Sep 2008, 8:59 pm
For those keeping tabs on the Recording Industry Association of America's 5-year-old litigation campaign, a federal judge's decision late Wednesday declaring a mistrial in the Jammie Thomas case was a significant event. [read post]
24 Mar 2008, 2:45 pm
Supreme Court was asked Monday whether defendants who beat a Recording Industry Association of America copyright case are entitled to legal fees. [read post]
5 Jan 2010, 12:16 pm by David Kravets
The nation's second file sharing defendant to challenge the Recording Industry Association of America at trial is asking the court for a retrial, or to reduce the $675,000 verdict the jury levied for infringing 30 songs. [read post]
18 Aug 2008, 8:09 pm
A Bronx woman is agreeing to pay the Recording Industry Association of America $6,050 to settle allegations she purloined eight tracks on the file sharing network Kazaa. [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 9:44 am
The injunction shut down the website, which plaintiff Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) [trade website] claimed has allowed for "millions upon millions of users" to illegally access and distribute copyrighted songs. [read post]
30 Apr 2008, 6:42 pm
Indiana University says that starting on April 21, the Recording Industry Association of America began sending 80 legal notices a day to the university, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. [read post]
22 Dec 2008, 4:57 pm
From the ABA Journal: Ending a controversial enforcement effort in which it appeared to be fighting something of a losing battle, the Recording Industry Association of America says it will stop suing consumers over illegal music downloads via the Internet. [read post]
8 Jan 2008, 2:53 pm
The Internet has been much ado and ado over whether the Recording Industry Association of America, which has been filing lawsuits against Americans for file sharing for years, also believes that simply ripping MP3s from CDs is illegal or not. [read post]
25 Mar 2009, 3:48 pm
Comcast and AT&T on Wednesday emphatically denied participation in a Recording Industry Association of America anti-piracy crackdown that involves terminating internet access to repeat copyright scofflaws. [read post]
23 Mar 2009, 11:12 am
The Obama administration for the first time is weighing in on a Recording Industry Association of America file sharing lawsuit and is supporting hefty awards of as much as $150,000 per purloined music track. [read post]
6 Nov 2010, 2:32 am by Josh Sturtevant
This week the eyes of the legal world (and the music-enjoying public) have been glued to a case about a woman who the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued for illegally sharing music online, a violation of copyright law. [read post]
18 Jun 2009, 3:57 pm
A federal jury on Thursday found Jammie Thomas-Rasset liable in the nation’s only Recording Industry Association of America file-sharing case to go to trial, dinging her $1.92 million for infringing 24 songs. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 2:15 pm
The Recording Industry Association of America found itself in an unusual position this week: opposing an anti-piracy bill that's gaining momentum in Congress. [read post]
6 Jul 2009, 12:11 pm
The Recording Industry Association of America on Monday demanded a federal judge order Harvard University’s Charles Nesson to remove from the internet “unauthorized and illegal recordings” of pretrial hearings and depositions in a file-sharing lawsuit headed to trial. [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 9:10 am
It's no secret that Recording Industry Association of America President Cary Sherman despises piracy, and he's a vocal fan of proposed laws that would beef up penalties for copyright infringers. [read post]
16 Jul 2014, 9:51 am by David Kravets
ReelRadio, a radio-streaming site dedicated to historical "aircheck" demos, has come under fire from the Recording Industry Association of America, igniting a licensing squabble that places the site's future in doubt. [read post]
22 Feb 2008, 12:26 pm
A legal attack on the Recording Industry Association of America is suffering a setback. [read post]