Music biz appeals Canada file sharing-is-legal ruling

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Canadian Recording Industry Appeals File
Sharing Ruling

Canadian Recording Industry Appeals File
Sharing Ruling 07/12/2004 07:26 PM
Not much of a surprise, but the Canadian recording industry (with the movie industry playing the role of the enthusiastic partner right behind them) is appealing the ruling from earlier this year saying that ISPs don't have to reveal the names of customers to the recording industry just because they've put unauthorized copyrighted material in a shareable folder. In that case, the judge pointed out that just because someone has placed a file in a shared folder, there is no evidence they actually shared the file, and, thus, the recording industry has no proof a crime was committed. The recording industry disagrees, claiming the judge misinterpreted the law. In fact, the Canadian recording industry claims that "the computer user is inviting others to copy or burn the tracks" by putting them into a shared folder. Unfortunately, this sounds eerily similar to the whole point of the INDUCE Act here in the US -- where it will suddenly be a crime to tempt others to commit a crime.

New Legal Regime for Music File Sharing

New Legal Regime for Music File Sharing 08/11/2004 10:18 AM
When disruptive new technologies have emerged that changed the way in which consumers have gotten access to news and entertainment (e.g., radio and cable television), the existing legal structures of the Copyright Act often could not accommodate the challenges posed by the new technology. In the early case of piano...

Music Industry to Target Individuals
Following File-Sharing Ruling?

Music Industry to Target Individuals
Following File-Sharing Ruling? 08/20/2004 09:56 PM
A federal appeals court rules that makers of two leading file-sharing programs are not legally liable for the copyrighted works their users swap online. The decision is likely to force the industry to take the more costly and less popular route of going directly after file-swappers.

Ingram: File-sharing suits come to
Canada

Ingram: File-sharing suits come to
Canada 12/16/2003 06:33 PM
globetechnology.com Dec 16 2003 6:02PM ET

File-sharing systems in legal win

File-sharing systems in legal win 08/20/2004 06:19 AM
A US court has ruled that file-sharing firms are not responsible for what users do with their software.

Music-sharing fight comes to Canada

Music-sharing fight comes to Canada 02/16/2004 09:22 PM
globetechnology.com Feb 17 2004 1:03AM GMT

Canada ruling won't stop music lawsuits

Canada ruling won't stop music lawsuits 12/16/2003 04:12 PM
Last week's ruling in Canada declaring downloading music through peer-to-peer services legal may do little to prevent the music industry from taking its own action against file swappers.

Canada: Downloading music is legal

Canada: Downloading music is legal 12/15/2003 05:59 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 15 2003 4:52AM ET

Illegal file sharing on the rise,
despite legal threats

Illegal file sharing on the rise,
despite legal threats 01/16/2004 01:00 PM
A more recent study argues that, far from being in retreat, file sharing is on the rise again.

Judges rule file-sharing software legal

Judges rule file-sharing software legal 08/19/2004 03:07 PM
A federal appeals court has ruled that file-sharing software is in fact legal. The panel noted that file-sharing companies simply provide the software for individual users to share information. Therefore, they cannot be held accountable for what users share, be it a word document or copyrighted material.

While developers of file-sharing software are rejoicing about the federal appeals courts ruling, the RIAA and MPAA are steaming mad. This ruling has dealt a serious blow to the two industries, but they have vowed to continue the fight. They have urged a re-examination of the law, and will undoubtedly proceed with an appeal. However, they still face the same old problem : unlike Napster, new file-sharing networks don't have central servers where computer connect to access copyrighted material. This technique makes file-sharing networks like Sharman and Stream cast even harder to shutdown.

If this ruling had not gone through (i.e. the RIAA / MPAA won), several file-sharing developers would have had to face the possibility of further legal action. Right now, those file-sharing developers (Grokster Ltd, Stream cast Networks Inc. and Sharman Networks Ltd.) are in the clear. The situation is such that the RIAA & MPAA won't stop until file-sharing is a thing of the past : read - they'll never stop. Problem is, you can't shut down file sharing networks with legal action.

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Music file swappers prevail in ruling

Music file swappers prevail in ruling 12/20/2003 08:42 AM
San Jose Mercury News Dec 20 2003 8:12AM ET

Music file sharing traffic down: who
gets the credit?

Music file sharing traffic down: who
gets the credit? 01/05/2004 04:10 PM
A recent study shows that P2P traffic has dropped dramatically since September 2003. Is it the result of the RIAA's strategy, or the availability of online music stores?

File Sharing not hurting Music Sales

File Sharing not hurting Music Sales 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
We have all heard it from the RIAA mobsters that Music Sharing is destroying the music sales of all their...

Execs vow global crackdown on music file
sharing

Execs vow global crackdown on music file
sharing 01/22/2004 02:07 PM

Music industry smears file-sharing
research

Music industry smears file-sharing
research 04/14/2004 09:06 AM
Koleman Strumpf, the co-author of the first-ever empirical study on the impact of file-sharing on record sales, has found himself on the receiving end of a withering attack from the music industry who argue that their bought-and-paid-for, non-empirical "research" trumps his analysis, attacking his conclusions.

Two years ago, Strumpf and Oberholzer-Gee set out to research the matter. Strumpf's interest was piqued by the Napster trial, where the recording industry alleged copyright violations that led to the demise of the pioneering Web site in 2001. In the testimony, experts argued that music downloads had to be the cause of slumping sales.

Strumpf read the studies they cited. They were horrible, he said.

"I was like, 'Boy, this is pretty amazing,' " said Strumpf, a Philadelphia native. "Nobody has done a serious study."

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Music Industry Exec Defends Some File
Sharing

Music Industry Exec Defends Some File
Sharing 01/23/2004 07:37 PM
Coming just as the head of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is claiming that the recording industry needs a "zero tolerance" attitude on file sharing, a 30-year veteran of the music industry is opening his mind to the possibilities and admitting that file sharing appears to have some benefits to the industry. Andy Taylor, who heads the Sanctuary Group, a company that seems to do a variety of things in the music industry including representing various artists and record labels, was quoted saying: "Sharing music is not necessarily a bad thing." He points out that it's a good way for people to investigate what's out there, figure out what they like, and then go and buy it. "They (teenagers) don't have the money, so they will only spend what money they have on something they really, really care about." Fairly stunning to hear this from a recording industry exec. However, he doesn't seem to fully get it. He still complains about "those who have no intention ever of spending money on music," saying that they're the real pirates. They're not, though. If they have no intention of ever spending any money on music than they're certainly not taking away any money from the industry. The industry wouldn't have gotten it either way. In fact, by letting those people listen to music, it's possible that the industry can change those listeners' minds. In listening to the free music, those who had no intention of spending may find certain musicians interesting enough to want to go out and see them, for instance.

Music industry sues 493 more people over
file sharing

Music industry sues 493 more people over
file sharing 05/24/2004 09:48 PM
SiliconValley.com May 25 2004 1:15AM GMT

Music Industry Develops Centralized
File-Sharing System

Music Industry Develops Centralized
File-Sharing System 12/12/2003 11:38 AM

Music sellers build fan base using
file-sharing services
(SiliconValley.com)

Music sellers build fan base using
file-sharing services
(SiliconValley.com) 06/26/2004 06:09 AM
SiliconValley.com - On any given day, popular movies such as "Harry Potter" and "Around the World in 80 Days" are illegally traded over Internet file-sharing services like so many baseball cards.

Music Industry Returns to Court,
Altering Tactics on File Sharing

Music Industry Returns to Court,
Altering Tactics on File Sharing 01/22/2004 02:12 AM
The music industry returned to the courthouse Wednesday to sue 532 people it accuses of large-scale copyright infringement.

Licensed online music services see
upside to limited file-sharing

Licensed online music services see
upside to limited file-sharing 07/27/2004 09:43 PM
SiliconValley.com Jul 27 2004 11:38PM GMT

Internet file-sharing firm ordered to
face music on copyright case

Internet file-sharing firm ordered to
face music on copyright case 03/06/2004 01:50 AM
Channel NewsAsia Mar 5 2004 2:10AM GMT

Sharing Ideas Just Got Easier: Blogging,
Keyword Tagging, File Sharing, Social
Networking … And That’s Just For
Starters!

Sharing Ideas Just Got Easier: Blogging,
Keyword Tagging, File Sharing, Social
Networking … And That’s Just For
Starters! 03/23/2005 04:46 AM
Launched this month, Apcala is a web system that allows you to share photographs, audio, video, documents and personalised profiles with friends, family, other Apcala users and the Internet at large. It’s advertising free and free to use. [PRWEB Mar 23, 2005]

FCC appeals Rambus ruling

FCC appeals Rambus ruling 04/29/2004 03:11 AM
USA Today Apr 29 2004 7:24AM GMT

FTC Appeals Rambus Ruling

FTC Appeals Rambus Ruling 03/06/2004 02:03 AM

EFF appeals Apple fan site ruling

EFF appeals Apple fan site ruling 03/22/2005 09:05 PM
The confidentiality of journalists' sources is at issue in the trade secrets case.

Microsoft appeals EC antitrust ruling

Microsoft appeals EC antitrust ruling 06/08/2004 12:08 PM
ZDNet Jun 8 2004 3:28PM GMT

Microsoft Appeals Brussels Ruling

Microsoft Appeals Brussels Ruling 06/09/2004 01:11 AM
New York Times Jun 9 2004 4:56AM GMT

Microsoft Appeals EC Ruling
(washingtonpost.com)

Microsoft Appeals EC Ruling
(washingtonpost.com) 06/08/2004 10:02 PM
washingtonpost.com - Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that it had appealed antitrust rulings by European regulators, hoping to overturn a fine of more than $600 million and directives to change its Windows software.

Microsoft appeals EU antitrust ruling

Microsoft appeals EU antitrust ruling 06/08/2004 02:09 PM
ZDNet Jun 8 2004 6:34PM GMT

Sex.com ruling upheld by Court of
Appeals

Sex.com ruling upheld by Court of
Appeals 04/05/2005 06:42 AM
Game over

Microsoft appeals Japanese antitrust
ruling

Microsoft appeals Japanese antitrust
ruling 07/26/2004 04:22 PM
ZDNet Jul 26 2004 7:14PM GMT

Microsoft Statement on U.S. Court of
Appeals Ruling

Microsoft Statement on U.S. Court of
Appeals Ruling 07/01/2004 10:33 AM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Wednesday issued a unanimous, six-judge ruling affirming Microsoft Corp.’s settlement and final judgment with the U.S. Department of Justice and 18 state attorneys general.

Is appeals court ruling on Microsoft the
end of the fight?

Is appeals court ruling on Microsoft the
end of the fight? 07/01/2004 05:20 PM
While Massachusetts could still fight yesterday’s U.S. Court of Appeals decision backing the settlement of the antitrust case against Microsoft, legal experts say the state’s prospects for success are remote.

Microsoft appeals anti-trust ruling

Microsoft appeals anti-trust ruling 06/08/2004 08:24 PM
Sydney Morning Herald Jun 9 2004 0:31AM GMT

The appeals court ruling and what
Congress meant

The appeals court ruling and what
Congress meant 03/23/2005 10:19 AM
Applying the law Congress passed rather than the one Tom DeLay wanted, judges on the 11th Circuit reject a request to order the re-insertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.

Appeals court upholds Sex.com ruling
(USATODAY.com)

Appeals court upholds Sex.com ruling
(USATODAY.com) 04/01/2005 06:52 AM
USATODAY.com - A federal appeals court last week may have written the final chapter to a sordid legal saga that helped establish Internet domain names as property. Stephen Cohen's appeal of a 2001 federal court ruling that he pay businessman Gary Kremen $65 million for stealing the domain name Sex.com was rejected.

Microsoft appeals European antitrust
ruling

Microsoft appeals European antitrust
ruling 06/08/2004 10:21 AM
ZDNet Jun 8 2004 2:14PM GMT

Hutchison 3G appeals ComReg price ruling

Hutchison 3G appeals ComReg price ruling 09/05/2004 08:21 PM
Irish Times Sep 6 2004 0:48AM GMT
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FolderShare First to offer secure file
sharing and auto sync between platforms

FolderShare First to offer secure file
sharing and auto sync between platforms 06/22/2005 02:40 AM
ByteTaxi today announced the release of FolderShare 2.5, the first file sharing and synchronization service to work with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux computers. The FolderShare service, specifically...

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LiveWire: in Search of Truly Anonymous
File-Sharing (Reuters)

LiveWire: in Search of Truly Anonymous
File-Sharing (Reuters) 05/08/2004 07:53 AM
Reuters - While media companies step up their legal crackdown on Internet song-swappers, separate teams of software developers -- from the Middle East to Madrid -- toil away on a foiling technology: an anonymous file-sharing network.

File-Sharing Thrives as Net Users Find
New Outlets (Reuters)

File-Sharing Thrives as Net Users Find
New Outlets (Reuters) 07/13/2004 10:35 AM
Reuters - Internet users download twice as many films, games and music as they did a year ago, despite a big crackdown on the activity, according to a study on Tuesday.

Supreme Court Weighs Internet
File-Sharing Case (Reuters)

Supreme Court Weighs Internet
File-Sharing Case (Reuters) 03/29/2005 02:57 PM
Reuters - Supreme Court justices questioned on Tuesday whether the recording industry's attempts to shut down online file-sharing networks would deter inventors from developing new products like Apple's iPod music player.

Free File: Hide Folders

Free File: Hide Folders 09/25/2004 05:22 PM
G4 Tech TV Sep 25 2004 8:10PM GMT

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Newest Nationwide Netscape Online In

IP Applications Internet Technology
Selected by AOL Canada to Support its
Newest Nationwide Netscape Online In 11/14/2003 02:22 AM
CanadaIT.com Nov 14 2003 1:15AM ET

File folders: The carbon database
filesystem

File folders: The carbon database
filesystem 05/10/2004 07:21 AM
Walls of file cabinets can be found at any institution, containing thousands upon thousands of manually indexed documents. When someone's interested in using a folder within, they take it out, bring it to their desk, and work with it. Once done, it's put in a "to be filed" stack (or filed immediately). This is the most common way to structure a filesystem on today's computer as well: cabinets of folders of files, all carefully packed away on the wall of the office, waiting to be carefully taken out, worked with, and then carefully put back. The translation of a carbon-based filing system to a silicon-based filesystem leaves out one key component: most people don't have someone to file their "to be filed" stack. The clearest sign of this lack is a directory filled with thousands of files, distinguishable by filename;...

U.S. DOJ won't appeal telecom
network-sharing ruling

U.S. DOJ won't appeal telecom
network-sharing ruling 06/09/2004 05:14 PM
The U.S. solicitor general won't appeal a court ruling that overturned much of the FCC's rules on network sharing among telecommunications companies.

DOJ won't appeal telecom network-sharing
ruling

DOJ won't appeal telecom network-sharing
ruling 06/09/2004 05:35 PM
The Office of the Solicitor General has decided not to appeal a court ruling overturning much of the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) rules on network-sharing among telecommunications companies.

Is the war on file sharing over?

Is the war on file sharing over? 01/16/2004 11:26 AM
The music biz is declaring success, citing lawsuits and Apple's iTunes. But to music fans who recall the glory days of Napster, the fight goes on.

Is The War On File Sharing Over?

Is The War On File Sharing Over? 01/16/2004 11:04 AM
The music biz is declaring success, citing lawsuits and Apple's iTunes. But to music fans who recall the glory days of Napster, the fight goes on. By Farhad Manjoo (Salon via MyAppleMenu)

FolderShare 2339

FolderShare 2339 10/31/2003 09:37 PM
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Call to tax file-sharing

Call to tax file-sharing 09/22/2004 04:22 AM
BBC Sep 22 2004 8:22AM GMT

File-sharing Goes Social

File-sharing Goes Social 01/07/2004 02:52 PM
The RIAA has taken us on a tour of networking strategies in the last few years, by constantly changing the environment file-sharing systems operate in. In hostile environments, organisms often adapt to become less energetic but harder to kill, and so it is now. With the RIAA's waves of legal attacks driving experimentation with decentralized file-sharing tools, file-sharing networks have progressively traded efficiency for resistance to legal attack.

The RIAA has slowly altered the environment so that relatively efficient systems like Napster were killed, opening up a niche for more decentralized systems like Gnutella and Kazaa. With their current campaign against Kazaa in full swing, we are about to see another shift in network design, one that will have file sharers adopting tools originally designed for secure collaboration in a corporate setting. - More at http://www.shirky.com/writings/file-sharing_social.html

File-sharing app eDonkey comes to Mac OS
X

File-sharing app eDonkey comes to Mac OS
X 06/29/2004 01:58 PM
eDonkey announced on Tuesday that its peer-to-peer file-sharing software is coming to Mac OS X. Previously, Mac support was available only through a text-based command line interface in the software. eDonkey links every client on the network with each other, allowing them to search within both the entire network and a subset of it. Users can also download files from multiple users simultaneously and automatically continue interrupted downloads during their next session, in addition to the ability to send private messages to other users. The eDonkey application is not finalized for Mac OS X yet, but you can download a Beta of either the free or paid version from the developer's Web site. Both require Mac OS X v10.2 or higher and 64MB RAM; the free version has limited features and displays ads when you use it.

File Sharing Undented

File Sharing Undented 05/27/2004 12:28 PM

Seems file sharing in the US has dropped a little while their are increases in Europe. I am sure that third world traffic numbers have increased as the majority of the third world cannot afford software prices. [Smart Mobs]

File Sharing Goes Mobile

File Sharing Goes Mobile 09/08/2004 02:29 PM
With all these different music download stores and file sharing apps, it was only a matter of time before everything started to go mobile. I recently wrote up an article at TheFeature about all the various music download offerings for mobile phones, but it looks like some are already going beyond that to offer some form of "file sharing" as well. EMI has talked about mobile file sharing in the past, but it seemed pretty watered down. Recently, Wippit, makers of an increasingly popular DRM technology that encourages limited file sharing announced plans to offer mobile file sharing by letting users get around many wireless carriers by sending the file in response to an SMS message. The latest, though, is that SK Telecom is showing off a mobile file sharing system in Korea that will let users swap music files, ringtones, videos and more via their 3G network. They admit that it has no copy protection at all, and even say, "we're not thinking about that type of problem." It's not clear if that's because they never plan to actually launch it, or they just don't care. Given that the recording industry in Korea wanted to sue wireless carriers for offering MP3 playing phones (even after they agreed to forcibly degrade the sound quality), you have to wonder how long such an application would remain on the market. Still, it's been said many times before: it's only a matter of time until a real Napster-style file sharing app is written for mobile phones, whether by the carriers themselves or (more likely) independently. And still, everyone in the wireless and music industry seems to ignore this potential problem and insist that overpriced ringtone revenue will be around forever.

File Sharing Against Censorship

File Sharing Against Censorship 04/09/2004 04:04 PM
In the early days of the web, there was lots of talk about how it would help usher in democracy and bring down dictatorships, because information could not be contained. Turned out that wasn't exactly true, as places like China do a pretty good job (though, certainly not perfect) containing information online. So now, more people are starting to look at ways to use file sharing as a news delivery system that is much more difficult to block than typical file sharing. This isn't all that new, but making such programs easier to use would go a long way towards getting this to work. In fact, why not combine the concept with a news aggregator of some kind, so that the news you're reading is automatically available to everyone else using the software.

The File Sharing Database

The File Sharing Database 07/31/2004 05:25 PM

MUTE File Sharing 0.2.1

MUTE File Sharing 0.2.1 01/22/2004 06:22 PM
Simple, private file sharing.

File Sharing Going Strong

File Sharing Going Strong 07/12/2004 11:07 AM

Online file swapping endures: What, exactly, is eDonkey?

Despite entertainment industry attempts to curb online song and movie swapping with lawsuits and education campaigns, more people than ever are using peer-to-peer services.

BigChampagne, which tracks Internet file sharing, says 8.3 million people were online at any one time in June using unauthorized services like Kazaa and eDonkey — up 19% from 6.8 million in June 2003.

The majority of files being traded were music, BigChampagne says. Porn videos and images were the second-biggest category.

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'F' Is for File Sharing
(washingtonpost.com)

'F' Is for File Sharing
(washingtonpost.com) 09/09/2004 12:21 PM
washingtonpost.com - It's move-in day for freshmen at the University of Maryland's College Park campus and the narrow lawn outside Denton Hall is strewn with piles of suitcases, bedding and Dell computer boxes. If recent history is any guide, the smiling teens wandering amid the makeshift encampments are primed to join the next generation of hard-core music pirates who'll raid Internet file-swapping networks for hundreds of thousands of illegally copied songs over the next four years.

Faux File-Sharing

Faux File-Sharing 01/05/2005 11:29 AM

What consumers want—an out-of-box way to share and transmit files between different storage media and computers (and users)—is exactly what manufacturers don't want to give them, but they'll tease us a little. So, if you're really rich, DigitalDeck Entertainment Network is busting out an in-home network PC to gear to DVD sharing system that costs $4000 - $5000. It probably consists of a bunch of cables and a universal remote that your geeked-out younger brother could hack together himself.
Techno-enhanced televisions take big step into spotlight [USA Today]

Music biz appeals Canada file sharing-is-legal ruling

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