BitTorrent User Guilty of Piracy
A Hong Kong man has been convicted of movie internet piracy in what is believed to be the first case involving BitTorrent file-sharing software, as...
eDonkey to Finally Close
The company behind the popular peer-to-peer network eDonkey has announced that the site is to shut down. In a testimony to the US Senate Committee...
Free Software Targets File Sharing
Parents who want to wipe pirated music from their children's PCs and companies that want to see if their employees are using file-sharing software at...
WinMX, eDonkey Closing Doors
Popular file-sharing site WinMX.com ceased operating and the New York office of another, eDonkey.com, appeared to be closed. The turmoil among file-sharing networks follows the...
S. Korean Music Industry Sues 1,985 Internet File-Sharing Users
South Korea's music industry filed a criminal lawsuit Monday against 1,985 Internet file-swapping program users, in a move to stem unauthorized song swapping on the...
Australian Court Rules Kazaa Breaches Copyright
A court ruled Monday that popular file-swapping network Kazaa breaches copyright in Australia and gave the service's owners two months to modify their website to...
V2 Music Signs Agreement with Audible Magic Corporation
Audible Magic Corporation announced that it has signed an agreement with Virgin Group's V2 Music, the UK's preeminent indie label. Home of artists such as...
RIAA Targets P2P File Sharers with Hundreds of Lawsuits
Hard on the heels of a partial victory for music and movie studios before the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week, the Recording Industry Association...
P2P Monitoring by French Rights Organisation
In April the French Data Protection Authority CNIL gave permission to the software lobbying organisation SELL to trace and monitor file exchanges on P2P networks...
RIAA Suits 784 File Sharers
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), on behalf of the major record companies, today announced a new wave of copyright infringement lawsuits against 784...
