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...users of online file-sharing programs, including three Harvard network users, the organization announced Friday. According to RIAA Spokesperson Jenni R. Engebretsen, the new litigation includes 75 suits targeting users of university networks for allegedly sharing copyrighted music on i2hub, a software program that allows users to upload and download files over the intercollegiate network Internet2. These lawsuits were filed in “John Doe” format, meaning that the RIAA knows only the IP addresses of the defendants at the time of the filing. The organization typically then subpoenas each defendant’s university in order...
...came upon Pitchfork around the tenth grade, and was, for a while, the sole user of said opinion-generator amongst my peers in Duluth, Minnesota. All I needed to do was grab three bands off the home page and download some of their songs in order for my “eclectic” musical taste to reach renown...
...Supreme Court ruling against Grokster gave record labels and movie studios the green light to sue file-sharing services, the RIAA has been busy with a letter writing campaign to shut down these services. Though file-sharing services are only guilty of a crime if they encourage illegal downloading (and Yagan steadfastly holds that eDonkey did not), these services lack the resources to fight the RIAA in court. Driven by an arrogance born of its deep corporate coffers, the RIAA is muscling legitimate startups out of business because some users are using the software to commit copyright violations. By doing...
...advertising, it might be worth considering the possibility that there are more sinister forces in play.Apple, it turns out, has other products and services, among them the well-regarded and quite successful iTunes Music Store—a haven where music-lovers can, for just a dollar per track, download major label songs which they can burn to CDs or load onto their iPod. Those tracks, it further transpires, have an interesting feature: they can only be loaded onto an iPod—not a Sony “Network Walkman,” nor a “Dell...
...last month. Defendants in the new round of litigation include 64 users of university networks including the three from Harvard, RIAA spokesperson Jenni R. Engebretsen said. The lawsuits accuse all of the university-network defendants of using i2hub—a software program that allows users to upload and download files over the intercollegiate network Internet2—to illegally share copyrighted music. “These lawsuits are part of our ongoing enforcement efforts, and part of our overall efforts to encourage students and music fans everywhere to turn to legal services” for downloading music, Engebretsen said...