Norwegian Minister Wants to Legalize File-Sharing

It appears Norway has a mature attitude toward file-sharing, " Earlier this week the music industry, headed by the IFPI, gave Norway’s largest Internet provider an ultimatum; block access to The Pirate Bay...

Coldplay Tops List of World's Best-Selling Albums of 2008

British pop band Coldplay's latest album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends has topped the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's global list of the best-selling album of 2008. The top five...

Pirate Bay to Sue Music Industry Lobbyist

Just when we all got used to the comforting routine of lobbyists for the recording industry suing the Pirate Bay, and the Swedish peer-to-peer tracker getting around the  suits due to differing laws in the US...

Record Labels Seek $2.5 Million in Damages From Pirate Bay

No Joke, the swedish industry has put a price on Pirate Bay's activities. The response was, I guess, expected..."Record Labels Seek $2.5 Million in Damages From Pirate BayBy Eliot Van Buskirk EmailMarch 31, 2008 |...

Sweden formally charges Pirate Bay owners

"As expected, the Swedish government charged the owners of Pirate Bay with copyright infringement of four applications, nine movies, and 22 music tracks. Each of the four owners, Fredrik Neij aka 'TiAMO,' Gottfrid Svartholm Warg aka 'Anakata,' Peter Sunde aka 'Brokep' and...

Media Pirate: P2P Ruined My Business

Wow. The attached article is about a life ruined by file-sharing. But it's not a recording-industry mogul who's out of pocket, but a professional media pirate. Perhaps the MPAA, RIAA and other media-industry...

Has the IFPI embraced remix culture?

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is is supposed to fight piracy and protect copyright, yeah? But it look like they've remixed the designs we pitched without telling us or paying us. Have a look at the designs, and if you spot any piracy - be...

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