The Pot Calls The Kettle Black: Turning the Tables on Online Music Swapping
Sharman Networks, Ltd., owners of the KaZaA peer-to-peer file-sharing network, have sued entertainment companies for copyright infringement. Yep, that’s right, the company that makes it possible to...
View ArticleUA Student Convicted for Downloading Music & Movies
Parvin Dhaliwal,18, a student at the University of Arizona (UA), is the first person in country to be convicted of a crime under state law for downloading music and movies. Dhaliwal pleaded guilty to...
View ArticlePew Report States That 27 Percent of Users Download Digital Music and Video
The Pew Internet & American Life Project reported this week that 36 million Americans, 27 percent of internet users, report having downloaded music or video files. Half of this group have skirted...
View ArticleHear Me, I Want to Listen
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a tool that doesn’t reflect the general preference of legal music downloaders. Before you read on, hoping that I will advocate for the free distribution of music, let...
View ArticleU.S. Homeland Security Shuts Down BitTorrent P2P Site
U.S. Homeland Security Shuts Down BitTorrent P2P Site Ten people suspected of involvement with the EliteTorrents webserver were served warrants by homeland security agents. According to the U.S....
View ArticleIllegal Downloaders Do Spend More Money on Music
The London-based think tank Demos has concluded that illegal downloaders spend more money on music. The headline figure, based on the survey of over 1000 people between 16 and 65, is that the average...
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13,000 Named in Adult Film Downloads
The names of thousands for BT & Sky broadband customers who had allegedly illegally downloaded adult material have been leaked on-line. The lists appear to have been obtained from servers of a law...
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