What does social networking and music have in common? Quite a lot. Consider the meteoric rise of MySpace. Music is entwined with popular culture, interests, and friends, the stuff of networking....

More on why Steve Jobs sold to Apple. Bob Cringely writes that it's liquidity for his family: "The guy had 80 percent of his wealth tied-up in Pixar. That kind of holding is very difficult...

A 23 year old stundent in New Zealand was sentenced to a year in prison for possession and distribution of child pornography found via P2P. The clueless defendant's lame excuse - he thought is was...

David Coursey raises an excellent question in Pixar Promises Change for Disney's Media. Now that he's the biggest stockholder in Disney, will he be able to effect change? I think the answer...

It had to happen. Someone is stepping up to fund the defense of a consumer P2P copyright infringement lawsuit. The surprise is that it's a music company. Independent Canadian record label...

The first P2P cases to British courts resulted in a ruling that file sharing is illegal, similar to the US. The suits were brought by the BPI, the British record industry's trade association....

The international Motion Picture Association was raided by police. Similar to the Swedish anti-P2P group Svenska Antipiratbyrån, GVU engaged in corrupt activity to entrap P2P users. "The German...

cascada Mobile now offers TAG referral distribution technology. Now this really isn't P2P. They call it P2P because a user can use it to contact another user ... but he has to go through their...

Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) President and CEO Gary Shapiro testified before a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the broadcast and audio flags. The audio flag is another giveaway to the...

The pithy title, courtesy of SiliconValley.com, comes from the amusing story in the Los Angeles Times that the MPAA violated its own credo that "Manufacturing, selling, distributing or making...

P2Pnet does a nice job pointing out the inaccuracies of P2P reporting in the popular press. Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist and lawyer John Farmer published a Q&A on downloading music that looks...

iMesh, the first P2P developer to offer a P2P service authorized by RIAA, announced the availability of major label music through MusicNet. MusicNet provides the largest music library in the industry...

Digital Music News reported good news, bad news for Napster. While Napster surpassed 500,000 subscribers, its financial losses continued with rumors of layoffs and a sale. From the article:...

Edward Felten analyzes Googe's DRM (Digital Rights Management) used for its new video service. Here is an excerpt: "Last week Google introduced its video service, which lets users download...

TVMyPod announced it is selling pre-loaded video iPods. Several firms already provide a similar service for music. The videos includes popular TV shows and movies. Unlike P2P downloading, the TVMyPod...

Duanne McCall from White Bear Lake, Minnesota is fighting Eletra Record's claim of copyright infringement in federal courts. McCall is the second consumer to challenge these lawsuits, following...

What's hot? The Chronicles of Narnia is most downloaded movie over P2P. Research firm Big Champagne monitors what songs and films are most popular among file sharers. The top flicks this week:...

This is a Bizarre story. P2P file sharing users who intentionally downloaded P2P software and allegedly and intentionally downloaded copyright music are now blaming the software developer. Students...

IFPI, the international music industry association issued its report for the state of digital music in 2005. Key findings: * There are 2 million songs online, double from last year * Mobile music...

There is one less company polluting P2P users. Loudeye has closed its Overpeer division, which it bought less than two years ago in March 2004. The acquistion started strongly as the company...

Mininova is a popular Bit Torrent directory. Has it learned from some of its predecessors who the entertainment industry forced to shut down? P2Pnet published an interview with its owners. Here is an...