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Remembering Brianna LaHara, 12-Year-Old ‘Criminal’

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Q: What’s the difference between Chi-Hi, a high school, and a 12-year-old named Brianna LaHara? A: 500 CDs. It’s now routine for the Big Five record labels to sue innocent people for allegedly sharing music online without permission, and 12-year-old Brianna LaHara was one such person sued by Big Music. The Recording Industry Association of…

Napster Arrives in Britain, But Success Isn’t Certain

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

There’s an article in Britain’s prestigious Times Online today called “Q&A: Napster and the Music Industry,” which seems — at least on the surface — to explain what Napster 2 will mean to Britons now that its owner, Roxio, has succeeded in snaking it into the United Kingdom. “Easy, safe and legal” Napster relaunched, said…

The Ongoing, Pointless Quest of the RIAA

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The Recording Industry Association of America wants to sue another 493 innocent people for sharing music online — “innocent” because not one of the people pilloried so far by the RIAA has been found guilty of anything, because not one of them has ever appeared before a judge. “The trade group [the RIAA] which represents…

Ongoing Battles with Big Music

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

It’s deja vu all over again. Napster 2 in Europe reloaded as the mainstream media players fell over each other to carry Big Music’s message that the joyless online music stores it supplies and backs are all there is to online music. Only this time, instead of Napster 2, it’s Apple’s iTunes. Not to be…

OD2 To Fight iTunes in the UK

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Great Britain’s On Demand Distribution (OD2) might be the biggest online music downloader in the region right now, but the company is preparing for battle with the likes of Apple’s iTunes and the reborn Napster, unveiling this week its own digital jukebox that will provide pay-as-you-go music for about a dollar per track. OD2 said…

MediaServices CIO Vadim Mamotin on Russia’s AllofMP3.com

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

File-sharing applications are among the most popular uses of the Internet today. According to the market research firm Big Champagne, an average of 9.5 million Internet users are simultaneously logged on to use file-sharing applications at any given time of the day to share music, videos, applications and other digital media — a fact that…

Survey Finds File-Sharing Networks Boost CD Buys

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

File-sharing appears to boost music CD buying, according to survey results released by Warez.com, a maker of file-sharing software. The online survey, which reportedly has been taken by some 150,000 people, shows that the purchasing of music increases slightly for some consumers after they discover peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. Light buyers of music appear to buy…

RIAA Sues 482 Alleged File-Traders

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) this week continued its legal campaign against online file-traders who use peer-to-peer (P2P) song-swapping networks. In the latest move to stem the flow of pirated music, the RIAA has taken legal action against another 482 individuals across the country. The RIAA, which now has taken legal action against…

Canadian High Court Takes Copyright Heat Off ISPs

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

In the second ruling to limit the legal ammunition of Canadian copyright holders looking to sue file-sharers and hold ISPs accountable for peer-to-peer (P2P) piracy, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that ISPs are not subject to royalty fees. Canada’s high court ruled that the creation of a cache copy by Internet providers is part of…

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