RIAA Keeps Heat On Music Downloaders. riaa keeps heat on music downloaders. Following through on its promise to relentlessly sue computer users it believes are illegally downloading music from the Internet, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed 41 more lawsuits against file-swappers. Following through on its promise to relentlessly sue computer users it believes are illegally downloading music from the Internet, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed 41 more lawsuits against file-swappers....

Microsoft warns downloaders: use of leaked Windows code illegal. microsoft warns downloaders use of leaked windows code illegal. Microsoft on Wednesday said it sent letters to computer users who have downloaded leaked portions of its Windows source code, warning them that their actions are illegal. Microsoft on Wednesday said it sent letters to computer users who have downloaded leaked portions of its Windows source code, warning them that their actions are illegal....

Canadian court stops bid to identify music downloaders. canadian court stops bid to identify music downloaders....

MPAA targets movie downloaders . mpaa targets movie downloaders. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) plans to begin filing copyright theft lawsuits Nov. . The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) plans to begin filing copyright ...

Motion Picture Association sues movie downloaders. motion picture association sues movie downloaders. The Motion Picture Association of America filed an undisclosed number of lawsuits Tuesday throughout the country against individuals it believes illegally downloaded films online from filesharing programs such as Kazaa and BitTorrent. The Motion Picture Association of America filed an undisclosed number of lawsuits Tuesday throughout the country against individuals it believes illegally downloaded films online from filesharing programs such as Kazaa and BitTorrent....

BBC opens its archive to downloaders and mixers bbc opens its archive to downloaders and mixers. The Creative Archive Licence (CAL) is the brainchild of the BBC, the BFI, Channel 4 and the Open University and other members of the Creative Archive Licence Group to make their content - whether it be video, audio or images - available for download....

P2P licensed premiere movie download service to launch in Germany. p2p licensed movies for german speaking europe. The three key virtues of P2P, mentioned throughout today’s joint announcement by Warner and Arvato, are convenience, "community interaction," and download speed realized through decentralization. In other words, remote video stores could conceivably download their content, and produce licensed videos for retail sale to customers. This could be the beginning of a not-so-subtle admission by the content industry that illegal downloaders felt compelled to do so by the restrictive, or unevolved, nature of the existing retail channels. It’s debatable whether making retail customers feel they’re members of a community through the deployment of a decentralized download system, will help curb illegal downloads....

Music companies sue man for downloading five songs. riaa sues augusta 5 songs. An Augusta, Maine man is in hot water with the music industry after downloading five songs. 23-year-old Scott Hinds has been sued by the Recording Industry of America for illegally downloading the songs through peer to peer networks and now faces a $750 civil penalty for each song.. An Augusta, Maine man is in hot water with the music industry after downloading five songs. 23-year-old Scott Hinds has been sued by the Recording Industry of America for illegally downloading the songs through peer to peer networks and now faces a $750 civil penalty for each song. The industry group routinely sues downloaders and has filed more than 18,000 complaints. According to the Associated Press, he doesn’t think the downloading is a big deal adding, "Every single person has done this."...

Turns out only a measly 38 percent of fans worldwide paid for the download of the album with 62 percent downloading it for free. 40 percent of US fans paid for the download compared to 36 percent of fans elsewhere. The average price paid per download worldwide for the album was a repectable $6 (£2.90) although when you divide in the downloaders who chose to download the album for free this comes down to a tiny $2.26 (£1.07)....

ISPs may be legally obliged to cut off habitual downloaders. Habitual downloaders may face the scary prospect of having no internet connection at all if the Government’s plans to tackle online piracy go ahead.. Habitual downloaders may face the scary prospect of having no internet connection at all if the Government’s plans to tackle online piracy go ahead. According to the Times, users who are suspected of wrongly downloading files will be first warned via a stern email. If, after receiving the email, the user continues to download files, their service provider will suspend their connection for a period of time....