RIAA pays File Sharer $107,951

That single mother who got sued by the Recortind Industry Association of America has won the battle, getting a rather large payout in the process. Though the RIAA won a few high-profile cases, it looks like the courts are souring on the whole sue-your-customers approach to...

Mac Trojan in the Wild: Tempest in a Teapot

OSX.Leap.A: This is the first Mac OSX trojan that I've heard of in the wild, though Symantec rates it as low-risk. This is a step beyond proof-of-concept, though it can't really do anything without direct user...

Limewire Music Store Enters Beta

Limewire, that peer-to-peer MP3 freemarket that served as a RIAA dartboard, has launched an online music store in beta. The architecture of such a store would have to be quite different from the spam-infused...

Ohio University Bans File Sharing

Ohio U. is pre-empting the pre-lawsuits that are spamming up university inboxes across the nation."While some universities have fought back against RIAA complaints about their students using file sharing for making unauthorized copies of content, it appears that Ohio...

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...

Why P2P Networks Cannot Compete with Legit Media Files and MP3s

Full-featured article, including where to get free legit music: http://www.indierockcafe.com/2007/02/p2p-networks-still-cant-beat-legit.html

Faulty IP address data leads to Shaq attack on innocent family (updated)

Anyone who follows the slate of lawsuits against music fans is cognizant of the crucial role that IP addresses play in attempts to cow suspected file sharers. But as we have seen time and time again, IP addresses...

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