RIAA sues 531 more Internet users over music downloads

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RIAA sues more computer users

RIAA sues more computer users 04/28/2004 05:26 PM
CNEWS Apr 28 2004 9:29PM GMT

Music downloads fall after RIAA suits

Music downloads fall after RIAA suits 01/05/2004 09:48 AM
ZDNet Jan 5 2004 8:52AM ET

Music downloads decline after RIAA
lawsuits

Music downloads decline after RIAA
lawsuits 01/04/2004 09:33 PM
ZDNet Jan 4 2004 8:37PM ET

RIAA sues another 532 users, using John
Doe tactics in some instances

RIAA sues another 532 users, using John
Doe tactics in some instances 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
The RIAA has announced that another 532 users have been sued by the recording industry for sharing music illegally.

Music Industry Sues 493 Over Downloads

Music Industry Sues 493 Over Downloads 05/24/2004 04:05 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times May 24 2004 8:42PM GMT

RIAA Sues Internet2 Users for High-Speed
Copyright Violation

RIAA Sues Internet2 Users for High-Speed
Copyright Violation 04/14/2005 02:29 AM
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RIAA Sues 531 Suspected Music Pirates
(washingtonpost.com)

RIAA Sues 531 Suspected Music Pirates
(washingtonpost.com) 02/17/2004 03:56 PM
washingtonpost.com - The recording industry continued its legal assault on online music piracy today, suing an additional 531 people it suspects of illegally trading copyrighted music on the Internet.

Music industry sues 477 more computer
users

Music industry sues 477 more computer
users 04/28/2004 05:36 PM

Music Industry Sues More Computer Users
(AP)

Music Industry Sues More Computer Users
(AP) 04/28/2004 02:42 PM
AP - The recording industry sued 477 more computer users Wednesday, including dozens of college students at schools in 11 states, accusing them of illegally sharing music across the Internet.

Music Industry Sues More Computer Users

Music Industry Sues More Computer Users 04/28/2004 09:30 PM
SiliconValley.com Apr 29 2004 1:52AM GMT

CNN.com - Music industry sues 477 more
computer users - Apr 28, 2004

CNN.com - Music industry sues 477 more
computer users - Apr 28, 2004 04/29/2004 02:54 PM
CNN.com - Music industry sues 477 more computer users - Apr 28, 2004 .. another round of lawsuits against filesharers .. CNN

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Music industry sues 477 more computer
users, college students

Music industry sues 477 more computer
users, college students 04/28/2004 08:12 PM
AP via Newsday Apr 29 2004 0:36AM GMT

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

Have Your Say Do free internet downloads
hurt the music industry?

Have Your Say Do free internet downloads
hurt the music industry? 02/17/2004 01:10 PM
BBC Feb 17 2004 5:04PM GMT

Wal-Mart tests Internet music downloads,
for 88 cents a song

Wal-Mart tests Internet music downloads,
for 88 cents a song 12/19/2003 05:08 PM
AFP via Yahoo! Dec 19 2003 4:01PM ET

'Half of Internet Users Download Music
Illegally'

'Half of Internet Users Download Music
Illegally' 09/18/2004 10:13 PM
PA News via The Scotsman Online Sep 19 2004 2:17AM GMT

14 percent of US Internet users stop
music swapping: survey (AFP)

14 percent of US Internet users stop
music swapping: survey (AFP) 04/26/2004 10:31 AM
AFP - Millions of US Internet users have stopped using illicit music-swapping following an industry crackdown on the practice, according to a new survey.

RIAA sues... (again)

RIAA sues... (again) 01/22/2004 02:12 AM
RIAA sues... (again): The RIAA has just issued a new lawsuit against 532 more "illegal filesharers" only this time, they're also using the "john doe" approach meaning that they dont have to have ascertain your name by strongarming ISPs, but by suing your IP address, they let the judicial system take care of that little detail.

Fourteen Percent of Internet Users No
Longer Donload Music Files

Fourteen Percent of Internet Users No
Longer Donload Music Files 04/27/2004 05:56 AM
Fourteen Percent of Internet Users No Longer Donload Music Files
http://ww w.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=122

The recording industry campaign against those who download and swap music online has made an impact on several major fronts, but the number of Americans downloading music and sharing files online has increased, according to the most recent survey of the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The Project’s national phone survey of 1,371 adult Internet users conducted between February 3 and March 1, 2004 shows that 14% of online Americans say that at one time in their online lives they downloaded music files, but now they no longer do any downloading. That represents more than 17 million people. However, the number of people who say they download music files increased from an estimated 18 million to 23 million since the Project’s November-December 2003 survey. This increase is likely due to the combined effects of many people adopting new, paid download services and, in some cases, switching to lower-profile peer-to-peer file sharing applications.

RIAA Sues the Dead

RIAA Sues the Dead 02/05/2005 09:41 PM

RIAA sues another 493 people

RIAA sues another 493 people 05/25/2004 07:05 AM

Seems the RIAA has to make payroll as they have sued another 493 people for copyright infringement with the total coming to nearly 3000. They have become one of the most hated organizations in the United States by users of File Sharing when will the madness end. [DesignTechnica< /a>]

RIAA Sues Again... As Promised

RIAA Sues Again... As Promised 01/22/2004 03:09 AM
Realizing they'd lost a little momentum after the Verizon decision and noticing that file sharing is on the rise again, the RIAA still thinks that it can win the war by making a big publicity splash and suing people. The latest, is that they've filed 532 new lawsuits against people accused of offering music for download through file sharing networks. Because of the Verizon decision, these lawsuits are all filed against "John Doe" defendants, and they will now try to get legal subpoenas from ISPs to find out who these people are. Once again, this is more of a publicity campaign than a legal campaign, so it will be interesting to see if more stories of "falsely accused" people show up again.

The RIAA Sues 482 More People

The RIAA Sues 482 More People 06/22/2004 08:46 PM

RIAA Sues Nearly 500 New Swappers

RIAA Sues Nearly 500 New Swappers 05/25/2004 10:14 AM

RIAA Sues 80 More Swappers

RIAA Sues 80 More Swappers 10/31/2003 06:10 AM
Another round of lawsuits, with warnings beforehand this time, is filed by the music industry against people it says have been sharing songs illegally on the Internet. By Katie Dean.

RIAA Sues 477 More People

RIAA Sues 477 More People 04/29/2004 05:00 AM
The music group continues its lawsuit blitz, targeting dozens more college students and hundreds of other computer users. The industry has now filed 2,454 suits since last summer, although none of the cases has yet gone to trial.

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]

RIAA Sues Internet2 Downloaders

RIAA Sues Internet2 Downloaders 04/16/2005 05:47 AM
Boost Marketing Apr 16 2005 10:08AM GMT

Mom sues RIAA members for racketeering

Mom sues RIAA members for racketeering 02/19/2004 12:05 AM
Don't call me scarface

P2P company sues RIAA over patent

P2P company sues RIAA over patent 09/08/2004 08:15 PM
ZDNet Sep 9 2004 0:47AM GMT

RIAA sues the dead | The Register

RIAA sues the dead | The Register 02/07/2005 02:03 AM

RIAA Sues Deceased Grandmother

RIAA Sues Deceased Grandmother 02/05/2005 09:14 PM
The recording industry's latest assault on file sharing has netted an unusual suspect: a deceased great-grandmother from West Virginia. In a lawsuit filed in January, the RIAA accused 83-year old Gertrude Walton of sharing over 700 pop, rock and rap songs under the alias "smittenedkitten." What the RIAA didn't know is that Walton had passed away in December.

Mum sues RIAA members for 'racketeering'

Mum sues RIAA members for 'racketeering' 02/19/2004 11:30 AM
Personal Computer World Feb 19 2004 3:41PM GMT

Kazaa colleague sues RIAA

Kazaa colleague sues RIAA 09/09/2004 05:28 AM
Anti-piracy teams use our tech without permission, claims Altnet

Record industry sues more over downloads

Record industry sues more over downloads 02/17/2004 05:14 PM
Boston Globe Feb 17 2004 9:47PM GMT

Record Industry Sues More Over Downloads
(AP)

Record Industry Sues More Over Downloads
(AP) 02/17/2004 02:22 PM
AP - The recording industry sued 531 more computer users Tuesday it said were illegally distributing songs over the Internet in what has become a routine reminder reminder that college students, teenagers and others can face expensive lawsuits for swapping music online.

BTG sues Apple and MS over software
downloads

BTG sues Apple and MS over software
downloads 07/21/2004 07:44 AM
Patent dispute

Round 3: RIAA sues more file swappers

Round 3: RIAA sues more file swappers 12/04/2003 07:18 AM
Sends out warnings too

RIAA sues 80 more alleged file-sharers

RIAA sues 80 more alleged file-sharers 10/31/2003 06:21 PM
USA Today Oct 31 2003 4:48PM ET
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RIAA Strikes Again

RIAA Strikes Again 01/22/2004 02:27 AM

RIAA sues another 532 people for illegal song-swapping: This is more than double the last batch of lawsuits.

The nation's record companies Wednesday sued another 532 people for illegally distributing copyrighted music over the Internet, stepping up their attack against online music piracy.

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RIAA Hit From Two Sides

RIAA Hit From Two Sides 04/09/2004 04:12 PM
Opinion: A study showing that file sharing isn't hurting record sales and a Canadian court ruling "legalizing" file sharing throw a wrench into the RIAA's machine. It couldn't happen to a nicer bully.

RIAA wants your fingerprints

RIAA wants your fingerprints 06/04/2004 05:20 PM
Biometric iPod ready for market

More RIAA stupidity

More RIAA stupidity 12/19/2004 03:40 PM
Recording companies file suit against 754 computer file swappers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Recording companies filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 754 computer users Thursday, the latest round of legal action in the industry’s effort to squelch unauthorized swapping of music online. Among the named defendants were 20 computer users suspected of swapping songs over university networks, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, a trade group for the largest music companies. Among the college…

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Message for the RIAA

Message for the RIAA 11/13/2003 01:52 AM
As time goes on people are awakening to the real tragedy being played out daily by the companies that pay...

RIAA-friendly P2P?

RIAA-friendly P2P? 09/23/2004 09:58 PM
Grouper, a different form of P2P.
"The Grouper program does not allow file sharing of music, only streaming. However, you may share other types of files as a download. On the plus side for the persons sharing, Grouper allows the formation of mini networks with email verification. The advantage of this is no script kiddies or annoying fake files from the RIAA." You are sharing privately between friends.
Welc ome to the world of legal online music ambiguity. Say hello to Grouper.

'We're just like the RIAA,' says SCO

'We're just like the RIAA,' says SCO 03/06/2004 02:04 AM

RIAA: You Need To Get A Life!

RIAA: You Need To Get A Life! 07/16/2004 01:45 AM
The following is a message to the Recording Industry Association of America, more commonly known as the RIAA: If I can't put it on my iPod, you've got nothing I want. By John Ginn, Corvallis Gazette-Times (via MyAppleMenu)

Is the RIAA out of the ballgame?

Is the RIAA out of the ballgame? 12/19/2003 11:10 PM
Not exactly, CNET News.com's

ISPs to RIAA: "go away!"

ISPs to RIAA: "go away!" 01/19/2004 04:17 PM
ISPs are refusing to cooperate with the RIAAs latest strategy in clamping down on file-sharing.

"RIAA wants your fingerprints"

"RIAA wants your fingerprints" 06/05/2004 09:07 AM

The RIAA Is Winning

The RIAA Is Winning 01/07/2004 04:44 PM

Crackdown May Be Slowing Music Downloads: I know I don't download anymore. You know they're on the winning side when they don't make the news much anymore.

The recording industry's legal onslaught against Internet song-swappers appears to be having its desired effect. The percentage of Americans who download music online has been sliced in half, according to a report released Sunday.

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RIAA - 5th most ' popular '

RIAA - 5th most ' popular ' 01/04/2004 08:19 PM
Google's 2003 Year-End Zeitgeist - from the German 'Zeit' for time and 'Geist' for meaning spirit - is based on more than 55 billion searches conducted by ...

The RIAA will fight on

The RIAA will fight on 12/28/2003 10:41 PM
ZDNet Australia Dec 28 2003 9:38PM ET

MPAA could learn from RIAA

MPAA could learn from RIAA 07/14/2004 06:51 PM
CNET Jul 14 2004 11:23PM GMT

RIAA to stay the course after decision

RIAA to stay the course after decision 12/22/2003 11:17 PM
After court smackdown, the RIAA decides to continue lawsuits. Is it a wise strategy?

How The RIAA Has Jumpstarted The Use Of
Encryption

How The RIAA Has Jumpstarted The Use Of
Encryption 12/17/2003 07:17 PM
We've said it plenty of times before. The only thing the entertainment industry has done with their file sharing lawsuits is drive the file sharing underground, and made it much more difficult for them to realize their mistake and embrace it down the road. While many others have compare d the RIAA's battle with Prohibition, Clay Shirky has taken the argument one step further and is pointing out that the RIAA's lawsuits have done what the cypherpunks failed to do over the past decade: encourage everyone to use encryption. While the cypherpunks have been warning about the need for encryption for years (usually as a protection against government behavior), most people ignored it because they didn't see the need. They weren't doing anything "bad", so why should they bother with the trouble of figuring out how to encrypt their messages. However, now it turns out that plenty of people are doing something that the recording industry has deemed as "bad" and are being sued for it. Thus, people suddenly have a real incentive to use encryption that they never had before - and that's likely to be a lasting result. Shirky suggests that five years from now, people will look back and wonder what the music industry was so upset about, but plenty of people will still be encrypting their communications.

RIAA: Control your P2P kids!

RIAA: Control your P2P kids! 05/05/2004 05:04 PM
The RIAA is sending out advisories to press-contacts at various media outlets about their "Are Your Kids Breaking the Law When They Log On?" campaign, which aims to scare parents into spanking their kids for file-sharing, and comes across as red-scare-era propaganda. It's funny: Hollywood fought the Red Scare and McCarthyism tooth and nail, but today, they're more than happy to appropriate its rhetoric and tactics.

*UNDERSTAND THEIR GENERATION OF THINKING. "*Everyone is doing it" or "rock stars and movie stars make too much money anyhow" or "the corporate entertainment scene is corrupt" is* *likely to be what you'll hear.* * You'll need to arm yourself with the counterarguments to these. Explain that most artists are not super wealthy and that they are leaving themselves open to doing something that is ethically wrong, could damage their computer and have legal consequences. *SET A GOOD EXAMPLE*. If you are currently using a peer-to-peer network to obtain digital music and movies, understand that your children will follow your lead. * *Let them see you buying your entertainment legally and they'll follow suit.

Link (Thanks, Annalee!)

RIAA praises 'magnificent' P2P

RIAA praises 'magnificent' P2P 07/16/2004 03:28 AM
Then asks Senate to kill it

RIAA Co-Opts More Universities

RIAA Co-Opts More Universities 07/19/2004 06:14 PM

RIAA Launching New Lawsuits Anyway

RIAA Launching New Lawsuits Anyway 12/22/2003 07:43 PM
Given the weekend to think about the fact that they can't just send out a blizzard of subpoenas any more, the RIAA has decided, what the hell, they'll just file a blizzard of lawsuits instead, and then get the subpoenas to discover the identity of anonymous file sharers. Of course, filing incorrect lawsuits probably looks worse (and is more expensive) for the RIAA than filing incorrect subpoenas.

Sour Note for RIAA

Sour Note for RIAA 12/22/2003 02:57 PM
techtv Dec 22 2003 1:17PM ET

RIAA Files 532 Lawsuits

RIAA Files 532 Lawsuits 01/22/2004 02:10 AM
Slashdot Jan 22 2004 2:52AM GMT

RIAA: We see dead people

RIAA: We see dead people 02/06/2005 03:06 AM
Register .. tonight

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What to do if you're sued by the RIAA:
update

What to do if you're sued by the RIAA:
update 01/03/2004 01:20 AM
On Declan McCullagh's Politech list, attorney Charles Mudd says:

I have updated my RIAA web page that provides general answers to questions that individuals may have regarding the RIAA's initiative. This reflects updates in light of the two opinions of recent note.

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RIAA Bags 493 More Swappers

RIAA Bags 493 More Swappers 05/25/2004 05:12 AM
The Recording Industry Association of America sues more people for copyright infringement. The music group has now ensnared nearly 3,000 individuals in its net since last September in its attempt to fight peer-to-peer file trading.

Congresscritters blast RIAA

Congresscritters blast RIAA 01/11/2004 12:27 PM
Paul sez, "A bunch of congressfolks criticize the RIAA for misinterpreting the DMCA, in front of the makers of electronic gadgets."

"The fundamental problem with the approach of the RIAA took is that it was based on legislation that created special property rights," Sununu said. "Suddenly, you had a private entity that's able to issue subpoenas, which is unprecedented."

"That's not what the DMCA was intended to do," he said. "We can't be writing legislation that gives holders of certain types of intellectual property special rights...We can't carve out special legislation to give special powers to certain types of content."

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news that RIAA is not, in fact, above
the law

news that RIAA is not, in fact, above
the law 12/20/2003 05:02 AM
U.S. court hamstrings RIAA supoena process .. US Court Rules against RIAA .. put a stop to the insanity .. RIAA was dealt a blow .. here

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RIAA sues 531 more Internet users over music downloads

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