RIAA dismissed the case of Virgin vs. Marson. According to Ray Beckerman, RIAA dropped the case as they were "Faced with evidence that numerous other people had access to the Internet connection...

Michael Greeson of The Diffusion Group writes "The 'Digital Home' is 10 Years Away" Who Knows, But Isn't This Comment Refreshing?" He pokes fun at the optimistic...

Metallica finally has made its songs available on iTunes, the dominant online music store. The group has been notorious for its relationship with online world. It was a prime critic of the original...

Ray Beckerman seeks information from people in the radio business for a music industry P2P lawsuit. He writes: For one of our litigations we are collecting information on the use by the major record...

A nice piece of activism comes from YouWouldnt.net, which features a video that is a parody of an MPAA propaganda piece called Abuse of Power. The web site says: Would you start a war? Loot a pension...

Ray Beckerman spoke on RIAA consumer lawsuits in a conference call for DefectiveByDesign.org, which is a part of the Free Software Foundation. I attended the call. Ray spoke eloquently about how RIAA...

Sharman Networks, developer of Kazaa P2P file sharing software, has settled with both the major labels and studios in a global agreement with RIAA, IFPI, and MPAA. Sharman will pay $115 million and...

U.S. legalese not your thing? An Israeli of all people turns the U.S. Copyright Code into plain English. Yehuda Berlinger of Jerusalem, Israel, a game designer, wrote "The U.S. Copyright code, in...

Sony now is embroiled in a controversy over a patent limiting video game use. The patent would prevent Sony PlayStations from playing used, rented or borrowed video games. This would cripple the First...

In "Can You Give it Away?" William Patry notes the failure of campus music subscription services from Napster and others. The services haven't met subscriber count expectations. Some...

Will Sheff of the group Okkervil River chronicles his ongoing views of P2P over a period of several years. It starts: Over the nine-odd years that we in Okkervil River have been trying to make a...

Digital Rights Ireland has formed to fight for digital, civil, and legal rights. The group fights for consumer privacy, fair use, private copying, and laws that reflect how people use digital media....

Whether your car breaks down on the 101 in North L.A., you sit through a RIAA rep's presentation at a conference, or you're playing a trivia game with friends, you can now be prepared with...

Million of files are uploaded to YouTube. It is a grand experiment with files all across the spectrum from purely user-generated videos to mixes incorporating copyrighted music or video to copyrighted...

MoveDigital, a download hosting service, now includes BitTorrent torrent generation and downloading. I noted on this earlier in its use by former Democratic VP candidate John Edwards. MoveDigital also...

Profits trump freedom ... even on the Internet. Let censorship ring on the Net, in your P2P, and through your music and video files. amnesty International came out with a report called...

Are you spending $2 or $3 dollars for a 10 second ringtone when you can get the full 3 minute song for much less ($.69 at Real Music Store)? For a song you already own? Plus you have to buy......

I wrote earlier about the Microsoft spyware known as Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) and method to stop Microsoft from phoning home. I now use and recommend Shavlik NetChk Protect. The software is...

A ZDNet commentary called "The Internet is not the music industry's plaything" starts with the following: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? no it's...the British Phonographic Institute....