Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case
(AP) -- A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels.
View ArticleJudge cuts $2M penalty in MN song-sharing case
(AP) -- A federal judge has drastically reduced a nearly $2 million verdict against a Minnesota woman found guilty last year of sharing 24 songs over the Internet.
View ArticleJudge slashes 'monstrous' fine in music piracy case
Condemning a two-million-dollar fine meted out to a Minnesota woman for illegally downloading music over the Internet as "monstrous and shocking," a judge has slashed the penalty to 54,000 dollars.
View ArticleMinnesota song-sharing case heads for 3rd trial
(AP) -- A trade group representing the major music labels said Wednesday it will reject a reduced penalty for a central Minnesota woman found guilty of sharing 24 songs over the Internet, and will...
View ArticleUS judge rules against LimeWire in music piracy case
A US judge has ruled in favor of 13 music companies in a copyright case against popular online file-sharing service LimeWire.
View ArticleChina and Canada among top on US piracy watch list
US legislators have accused Canada, China, Mexico, Russia and Spain of "robbing Americans" by failing to crack down on piracy of movies, music, videogames and other copyrighted works.
View ArticleCyber rally disrupts US recording industry website
Computer security researchers have said that an unprecedented mass cyber protest was triggered by efforts by film and music trade groups to close online piracy haunts.
View Article1.5-million-dollar verdict in US music piracy case
A US jury has ordered a Minnesota woman to pay 1.5 million dollars for illegally downloading 24 songs in a high-profile digital piracy case.
View ArticleAtty: MN woman can't pay for sharing songs
(AP) -- A Minnesota woman ordered to pay a recording industry trade group $1.5 million for illegally sharing music online doesn't plan to pay those damages as her attorneys continue to argue the amount...
View ArticleGoogle unveils cloud-based music service
Google Inc. unveiled its long-planned music service Tuesday, but it will likely need deals with the recording industry to reach its full potential.
View ArticleLimeWire, major record labels settle for $105M
(AP) -- File-sharing software company LimeWire, which shut down last year after being barred from allowing people to share copyright-protected files online, reached a $105 million out-of-court...
View ArticleTenn. passes Web entertainment theft bill
(AP) -- State lawmakers in country music's capital have passed a groundbreaking measure that would make it a crime to use a friend's login - even with permission - to listen to songs or watch movies...
View ArticleCourt reinstates $675,000 damages for downloading
(AP) -- A federal appeals court has reinstated a $675,000 judgment against a Boston University student who illegally downloaded and shared songs on the Internet.
View ArticleHollywood, Silicon Valley spar over online piracy bill
Hollywood sparred with Silicon Valley in the US Congress on Wednesday at a hearing on a controversial bill intended to crack down on online piracy.
View ArticleUS shutdown of sharing site draws hacker retaliation
US authorities have shut down one of the largest file-sharing websites and charged seven people with copyright crimes, sparking a retaliatory cyber attack on the FBI and Justice Department websites.
View ArticleAnonymous, loose-knit group of 'hacktivists'
Anonymous, which briefly knocked the FBI and Justice Department websites offline in retaliation for the US shutdown of file-sharing site Megaupload, is a shadowy group of international hackers with no...
View ArticleUkraine shuts down leading file-sharing site
Ukrainian authorities have shut down a popular file-sharing website saying it violates copyright laws, officials said Wednesday.
View ArticleCourt won't reduce student's music download fine
(AP) -- The Supreme Court has refused to take up a Boston University student's constitutional challenge to a $675,000 penalty for illegally downloading 30 songs and sharing them on the Internet.
View ArticleGoogle effort fails to curb music piracy
Google's revamping of its search formula last year has failed so far to live up to its promise of discouraging consumers from visiting illegal music websites, an industry group says.
View ArticleUS top court rejects appeal in $220,000 piracy case
The US Supreme Court refused Monday to take up the case of a woman ordered to pay a $220,000 fine for illegally downloading music off the internet.
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