Music industry suing 532 song swappers

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Suing The Music Industry For Copy
Protection

Suing The Music Industry For Copy
Protection 01/05/2004 04:55 AM
A Belgian consumer watchdog group, Test-Achats, is now suing some of the big record labels for installing copy protection on their CDs. The article is a little unclear on what legal basis they seem to be suing - but it sounds like it's one of two things (or possibly both): (1) the CDs are not clearly labeled and don't play on certain equipment, meaning that they're defective or (2) by adding copy protection, the CD takes away the rights of users to make personal copies. While I do think copy protection is a costly and pointless tool used by the recording industry, I'm not sure there's much of a case here (other than - perhaps - on the labeling issue). I don't think there's any legal reason why the industry should be prevented from putting copy protection on their CDs. I just think it's a bad business decision that will add to the cost while making the product worse for consumers. However, if the industry wants to shoot itself in the foot, that's completely up to them. Update: In related news, a consortium of big name players in the tech world are trying to come up with a new copy protection scheme that they say will work. It's designed to allow for limited copying and sharing, while also taking into account the fact that most people want their content to be portable. Of course, like every other content protection scheme it will be broken very quickly - and thus, will only inconvenience legitimate users.

Record Industry Sues 493 More U.S. Music
Swappers

Record Industry Sues 493 More U.S. Music
Swappers 05/27/2004 10:48 AM
?A U.S. music industry group said Monday it had sued 493 more people for copyright infringement as part of its campaign to stop consumers from copying music over the Internet. The Recording Industry Association of America has now sued 2,947 individuals since last September in an attempt to discourage people from copying songs through ?peer to peer? networks like Kazaa and LimeWire.?

Music industry suing 532 computer users
for piracy

Music industry suing 532 computer users
for piracy 01/22/2004 04:21 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Jan 22 2004 8:19AM GMT

Industry plans to prosecute internet
music file swappers

Industry plans to prosecute internet
music file swappers 04/12/2005 11:49 PM
Irish Times Apr 13 2005 4:18AM GMT

Ruling: Record industry can't get names
of music swappers from Internet
providers

Ruling: Record industry can't get names
of music swappers from Internet
providers 12/19/2003 07:38 PM
Seattle Times Dec 19 2003 5:54PM ET

Michael Song on Chinese music industry

Michael Song on Chinese music industry 09/10/2004 12:01 AM

We just had a very interesting meeting with Michael Song, managing director of Taihe Rye Music. He is Chinese, but spent six years at Texas A&M and returned to China in 1996 to work in the budding music scene in China. He is in the agency business and represents the #1 male musician in China.

He explained that the legal music CD business in China is about 5%. In other words, 95% of the CDs on the market are pirate copies. He said that it was the teenagers who were passionate about the artists and liked to hang out in the record shops that tended to buy the legal CDs. Even in the top artists, CD sales only represented 30% or so of their income, while less known musicians actually lost money on CDs. The CDs are important, however, as a marketing and promotion vehicle.

Because the mass media is state owned, it is difficult to use the mass media for promoting artists. For this reason, it appears that the successful artists in China tend to be more talented, singer songwriters who tend to be popular longer compared to artists in markets such as Hong Kong and Taiwan where pop idol style artists are highly promoted and often lack talent or long term potential.

He told us that his artists got revenue share deals with percentages a bit worse than their counterparts in the US, but much better than in Japan. Most of the revenue comes from advertising/endorsements and concerts, but he is aggressively working on new business models involving alternative media such as the Internet and mobile devices.

My "take-away" was that in a market where the record industry basically doesn't function, artists and agents are going to be pushing the cutting edge of music business models and might in fact discover the post DRM/RIAA business model before Hollywood does. Obviously, it helps to have a huge growing market such as China, but I think it would make sense for artists and music industry people to keep an eye on China for breakthroughs in the music business.

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Music industry files 482 more
song-swapping suits

Music industry files 482 more
song-swapping suits 06/22/2004 05:09 PM
SiliconValley.com Jun 22 2004 9:41PM GMT

Canada's Music Industry Seeks Song-Swap
Crackdown (Reuters)

Canada's Music Industry Seeks Song-Swap
Crackdown (Reuters) 02/16/2004 05:13 PM
Reuters - Canada's biggest music producers asked the courts on Monday to order Internet service providers to identify customers who swap songs illegally on the Internet as the Canadian firms try to match a U.S. crackdown on music piracy.

Music industry sues 482 more computer
users for swapping song files online

Music industry sues 482 more computer
users for swapping song files online 06/22/2004 07:12 PM
San Jose Mercury News Jun 22 2004 11:06PM GMT

"Song Swappers Win a Big One"

"Song Swappers Win a Big One" 12/21/2003 03:43 AM

Song Swappers Win a Big One

Song Swappers Win a Big One 12/20/2003 06:24 AM
The recording industry suffers a major setback when a court rules that ISPs cannot be forced to identify alleged music pirates. The decision makes it much more difficult and costly for the RIAA to wage war on file traders.

Canada Wants Song Swappers

Canada Wants Song Swappers 02/17/2004 05:53 AM
Asking courts to order Internet service providers to identify customers who swap songs on the Internet, Canada's biggest music producers try to match a U.S. crackdown on music piracy.

Another 80 song swappers hit by suits

Another 80 song swappers hit by suits 10/31/2003 06:05 AM
ZDNet UK Oct 31 2003 5:45AM ET

Crackdown gives song-swappers pause

Crackdown gives song-swappers pause 01/05/2004 12:01 AM
globetechnology.com Jan 4 2004 11:06PM ET

Trade group: pay, don't sue, the song
swappers

Trade group: pay, don't sue, the song
swappers 02/10/2004 02:44 AM
From the um-what-department comes a novel, interesting, and totally clued-out suggestion from the Distributed Computing Industry Association: pay the song swappers for their services as distributors.

Lawsuits readied against UK
song-swappers

Lawsuits readied against UK
song-swappers 06/08/2004 12:18 PM
ZDNet UK Jun 8 2004 4:53PM GMT

UK song-swappers 'could be sued'

UK song-swappers 'could be sued' 01/19/2004 09:34 AM
The British record industry warns it may sue internet song-swappers as it steps up its anti-piracy drive.

Song-swappers settle out of court

Song-swappers settle out of court 06/08/2004 07:41 AM
Eighteen file-sharers settle out of court as the global music industry takes action against illegal song-swappers.

Net song swappers identities' likely
hard to track

Net song swappers identities' likely
hard to track 02/19/2004 12:10 AM
globetechnology.com Feb 19 2004 4:04AM GMT

France Joins U.S., Britain Against Song
Swappers

France Joins U.S., Britain Against Song
Swappers 01/25/2004 05:16 PM
Boston Globe Jan 25 2004 9:01PM GMT

France Joins U.S., Britain Against Song
Swappers (Reuters)

France Joins U.S., Britain Against Song
Swappers (Reuters) 01/25/2004 12:53 PM
Reuters - Add the French to the war on Internet song swappers.

Court rejects RIAA request to identify
song-swappers

Court rejects RIAA request to identify
song-swappers 01/05/2005 07:01 PM
A U.S. appeals court has rejected a tactic used by the music industry to identify alleged file-swappers in order to sue them, marking the second time a federal court has struck down subpoenas that seek names of Internet service provider (ISP) subscribers.

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Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings,
Music News

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U.K. gets tough on music swappers

U.K. gets tough on music swappers 03/14/2005 05:42 PM
British music industry is likely to bring further legal action against those accused of illegally downloading tunes.

New ad campaign targets music swappers

New ad campaign targets music swappers 12/08/2003 07:11 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Dec 8 2003 5:13PM ET

US music swappers change their tune

US music swappers change their tune 04/27/2004 11:40 AM
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RIAA Targets Over 500 Additional Music
Swappers

RIAA Targets Over 500 Additional Music
Swappers 05/26/2004 04:38 AM

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

European music swappers face lawsuits

European music swappers face lawsuits 12/16/2003 11:21 AM
While Canadian authorities are legalizing peer-to-peer music swapping, the IFPI, the international recording industry group, is warning that lawsuits similar to those the RIAA has filed against illegal music swappers in the U.S. are likely to start next year. Neilsen/NetRatings reports suggest that more Europeans are using services like Kazaa than Americans, with 9.35 million Europeans accessing the Kazaa network in October of this year, versus 8.24 million Americans. The chairman of the...

Court Limits Efforts to Unmask Music
Swappers

Court Limits Efforts to Unmask Music
Swappers 12/20/2003 12:18 AM
New York Times Dec 19 2003 11:15PM ET

Hollywood and the music industry face
off against the heavy hitters of the
high-tech industry in a Supreme Cou

Hollywood and the music industry face
off against the heavy hitters of the
high-tech industry in a Supreme Cou 03/27/2005 03:49 PM
Baku Today Mar 27 2005 5:57PM GMT

Record Industry Sues 754 for Internet
Song Swaps

Record Industry Sues 754 for Internet
Song Swaps 12/19/2004 03:11 PM
A recording industry trade group said Thursday that it has filed another wave of lawsuits against 754 people it suspects of distributing songs over the Internet without permission. The Recording Industry Association of America has now sued more than 7,000 people for distributing its songs over "peer to peer" networks like eDonkey and Kazaa, in an effort to discourage the online song copying that it believes has cut into CD sales.

The RIAA typically settles copyright infringement suits for around $5,000 each. Despite more than a year of headline-grabbing lawsuits, peer-to-peer use has not declined. An average of 7.5 million users were logged on to peer-to-peer networks in November 2004, up from 4.4 million in November 2003, according to the research firm BigChampagne.

News source: Reuters

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New PC-software supports consumers of
music downloads in disadvantages of
music industry

New PC-software supports consumers of
music downloads in disadvantages of
music industry 09/13/2004 03:06 AM
German company RapidSolution Software has released the Windows software Tunebite. Music tracks purchased from the Internet are copy-protected and involve important restrictions for many users when they are played back. With the option to re-record them while they are played, Tunebite legally provides the user with new music files without restrictions. This ensures that music bought from Apple iTunes, Sony Connect, AOL or other music platforms in the Internet can be played back and listened to from everywhere. [PRWEB Sep 13, 2004]

Music-ABC-Song-0.01

Music-ABC-Song-0.01 07/05/2004 05:31 PM

Music Industry Welcomes Federal
Government Commitment To Copyright
Revisions QRS Music Technologies, Inc.
Intr

Music Industry Welcomes Federal
Government Commitment To Copyright
Revisions QRS Music Technologies, Inc.
Intr 03/25/2005 07:11 AM
Music Industry News Network Mar 25 2005 7:53AM GMT

Music going for a song on the Internet

Music going for a song on the Internet 12/12/2003 03:17 AM
Washington Times Dec 12 2003 1:51AM ET

Test Drive | Music for a song

Test Drive | Music for a song 11/02/2003 03:12 PM
Philadelphia Inquirer Nov 2 2003 2:02PM ET

Survey: 1,000-song music players the
right size

Survey: 1,000-song music players the
right size 04/22/2004 04:04 PM
According to a survey by Jupiter Research, 1,000 songs (about the capacity of Apple's iPod mini) is the right size for a portable digital music player...

Labels seek end to 99c music per song
download

Labels seek end to 99c music per song
download 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Too cheap
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