This article builds on previous blog entries RIAA (The Recording Industry Association of America) openly acknowledges distributing bogus files to deter alleged copyright infringement on the P2P file...

The entertainment industry persecutes the public and developers with lawsuits, only because we're easy targets. But the problem isn't you or me. It's the hackers who operate in a secure...

Click on any graphic to see the full screenshot Much as the industry wants to deny it, music is becoming a commodity as technology transforms entertainment from a resource of scarcity to abundance....

Filtering has become a dirty word in the entertainment vs. P2P war. The entertainment industry trots it out regularly as the solution for stopping copyright infringement. The RIAA says that it's...

I'm catching up after being at the FTC P2P conference last week. This and following blog entries are from news that may be a week old. Hollywood welcomed bit torrent to the real world by legally...

I'll be speaking at the FTC P2P File Sharing Workshop in Washington DC. The workshop is the result of efforts by industry organizations, such as DCIA and P2P United, to counter the unproved...

Followup to previous post on RIAA vigilante justice. This article provides more evidence that such orchestrated attacks, even if some consider them only nuisances, can be considered illegal. Former...

Obligatory lawsuit included. It's the RIAA Apple Signature iPod.......

This article was inspired by Carlton Vogt and his excellent Enterprise Ethics newsletter. He wrote an article on the Lycos case called The Case Against Vigilantism: Is it ethical to use unethical...

Or, thanks to GMSV: RIAA considers "educational lawsuits" against naive musicians Pew survey on artists, file sharing, and the Internet: Reuters Reuters article - Survey results graphic...

Here's another non-starter: Micropayments. Extensive obits have been written. I won't go into that here. See clay Shirky's piece Fame vs Fortune: Micropayments and Free Content for...

Todd Beals puts out a nice monthly newletter on digital media and P2P. His latest issue looks at Bit Torrent. (BT) and its huge success.Like any hot trend, there's been a lot of hype around BT,...

(republished from Nov 2) Peace through Partnerships: The Sony BMG leak is one of several efforts in the P2P world to make peace with the recording labels. Don't be fooled about who is...

Welcome to the P2P Weblog, written by Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of RazorPop. The P2P Weblog provides an insider's perspective of the P2P industry. I speak at industry forums like the...