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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: file sharing

file sharing stories: 52 news summaries

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Comcast Blocking Lotus Notes

Oct 22, 07 11:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cable and Internet service giant Comcast is disrupting more than just BitTorrent traffic, reports Ars Technica. Tests by the Electronic Frontier Foundation show that Comcast customers using a growing list of apps may find their Net access slowed or denied. A Lotus Notes engineer, for example, discovered Notes emails sent... More »

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Comcast • file sharing • net neutrality • BitTorrent • P2P • Gnutella • Lotus Notes • Electronic Frontier Foundation • Public Knowledge

Comcast Blocks P2P File-Sharing

Company doesn't admit it, but AP tests show file-sharing deliberately slowed

Oct 20, 07 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast is deliberately preventing its customers from using file-sharing services like BitTorrent, eDonkey, and Gnutella, the AP reports. Thecountry's second-largest Internet service provider claims that it does not block "access" to P2P apps; that may be technically true. Tests by the AP showed that while downloads were unaffected, attempts... More »

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Comcast • file sharing • net neutrality • BitTorrent • P2P • peer to peer • eDonkey • Gnutella

P2P Pirate Mom Seeks New Trial

Wants $220,000 jury judgment thrown out

Oct 15, 07 10:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A single mom recently hit with a $220,000 penalty for P2P file-sharing of copyrighted music online is asking for a new trial, or a reduction of damages to between$0 and $150. News.com reports that attorneys for Jammie Thomas, the first person ever brought to trial for file-sharing, plan... More »

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file sharing • RIAA • Kazaa • Jammie Thomas • Michael Davis • Aram Sinnreich • Brian Toder • Bryan Bleichner • UMG v. Lindor • excessive damages

Jury Almost Fined $3.6M in Download Trial

Woman could have paid $150k for each of 24 songs shared on Kazaa

Oct 11, 07 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The jury that last week slapped a Minnesota mom with a $222,000 fine for illegal file-sharing was tempted to do much worse. Jammie Thomas almost faced the maximum $3.6 million, one juror said. “You go too low, it's not going to stop the illegal downloading of music,... More »

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music downloads • file sharing • Jammie Thomas • record industry

Woman Fights Music-Sharing Verdict

Plans to appeal $222K fine for putting 24 songs on Kazaa P2P service

Oct 9, 07 12:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ordered to pay $9,250 for each of 24 illegally shared songs, a 30-year-old Native American single mother has decided to appeal the judgment against her in a copyright infringement case, her lawyer announced in a CNN interview. A jury determined last week that she owed a total of $222,... More »

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file sharing • RIAA • Kazaa • Jammie Thomas • music label

Woman Guilty of File-Sharing, Fined $222K

Recording industry scores victory in music download battle

Oct 4, 07 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Minnesota woman was found guilty of copyright infringement today in the first file-sharing case to go before a US jury, Wired reports. Jammie Thomas, a single mother, was ordered to pay $222,000 in fines, or $9,250 for each of the 24 shared songs that were the subject... More »

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music downloads • file sharing • RIAA • Kazaa

Campaign Against Music Piracy Goes to First Trial

Jury will decide fate of Minnesota woman sued by record companies

Oct 1, 07 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recording industry has initiated over 20,000 lawsuits against individuals since it launched its zero-tolerance copyright campaign against file-sharing in 2003, but never before has one gone to trial. Now a jury will decide whether a young mother illegally distributed 1,702 audio files on the peer-to-peer network Kazaa. More »

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Recording Industry Association of America • copyright law • copyright • file sharing • Virgin v. Thomas • p2p

File-sharing Felon Forced to Use Windows

Man must either ditch Linux or ditch his computer

Aug 24, 07 6:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - An individual convicted of operating an illegal BitTorrent site shut down by the FBI will be forced to either make the switch from Linux to Windows or give up his computer altogether, ZDNet reports. Scott McCausland had previously been a user of the Ubuntu OS, a popular open-source Linux variant,... More »

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Windows • file sharing • BitTorrent • Linux • Scott McCausland • Ubuntu OS • felon

Moscow Court Acquits Music Site Boss

Allofmp3.com founder ruled innocent of copyright infringement

Aug 16, 07 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Russian court has acquitted the founder of Allofmp3.com of breach of copyright, Reuters reports. The now-defunct Russian website infuriated American and Western European music companies by offering cut-rate downloads that they said infringed on their copyright. EMI, Time Warner, and other major corporations insisted on prosecution, but a... More »

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Russia • music • Moscow • copyright • file sharing • mp3 • court • Allofmp3 • Denis Kvasov

Universal Thumbs Nose
at Apple

Label to lift piracy protection—except
on iTunes downloads

Aug 11, 07 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Universal Music will ditch the anti-piracy software on music it sells through most outlets, making it easy—but still illegal—to copy its tunes. In what one analyst calls “a bold-faced move to blunt Apple’s influence,” the plan conspicuously excludes iTunes. The company says Apple is a... More »

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music • Internet • iTunes • Apple • piracy • Universal Music Group • file sharing • EMI • music label

Big Guns Battle Video Sharing With Free TV Shows

Copyright-protected content will be available for free online in new NBC-News Corp. partnernship

Mar 23, 07 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - TV biggies NBC Universal and News Corp. are teaming up to hit YouTube with the full force of their their combined TV content, offered online for free. Starting this summer, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corp. subsidiary MySpace will hope to win over internet users (and the advertising that... More »

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television • Yahoo • Google • Internet • YouTube • AOL • Microsoft • MSN • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Heroes • 24 • NBC • advertising • intellectual property • consumer • copyright • file sharing • Internet advertising • News Corp

Lawsuits Aimed at Swapping Students

Record honchos hit college campuses
to make the music stop

Mar 5, 07 10:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The recording industry is bringing out the big guns in its battle to stop illegal music downloads, threatening to sue hundreds of college students each month if they don't stop swapping swiped tunes. The kids need to be taught some download etiquette, says RIAA President Cary Sherman. "Remember... More »

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education • music • Internet • music industry • music downloads • Cary Sherman • Recording Industry Association of America • network • file sharing • college • college student

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