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Quit litigating and start innovating

It seems music executives would rather throw money at lawyers than invest in new technology and new business models Read more

8 January, 2004 by Andrew Donoghue

Innocent surfers can appear guilty of song-swapping

Flaws in file-sharing can incriminate unwitting users, tricking them into seeming guilty of hosting copyrighted files Read more

3 October, 2003 by Staff

Small Webcasters take on RIAA

The Webcaster Alliance charges the Recording Industry Association of America with attempting to force independent music stations offline Read more

28 August, 2003 by John Borland

Music pirate faces prison term

The former leader of song-swapping group Apocalypse Crew has pleaded guilty to criminal copyright charges Read more

22 August, 2003 by John Borland

Entertainment industry appeals file-swap ruling

Record labels and movie studios are appealing an April court ruling that legitimised some file-swapping Read more

20 August, 2003 by John Borland

University song-swappers gain brief reprieve

A US court has ruled universities do not immediately have to reveal the names of file-swapping students Read more

11 August, 2003 by John Borland

Music industry sues students over piracy

The recording industry is going after students who run search services on their campus networks Read more

4 April, 2003 by John Borland

Napster to take fingerprints

...court criticism of its efforts to filter out copyrighted music files, the song-swap company licenses acoustic fingerprinting technology that could do a better job... Read more

23 April, 2001 by Jim Hu

Judge slams door on Napster

US district judge Marilyn Hall Patel showed little sympathy for the popular song-swap site, saying it was encouraging piracy by millions of users Read more

27 July, 2000 by Lisa M Bowman

EMI and Roxio team up in music CD burning deal

...a deal with EMI, Warner Music and Bertelsmann that could save the song-swap site from closure. The Internet is changing the face of the... Read more

5 June, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Universal throws Napster a lifeline

...Music, announced that it might still be willing to work with the song-swap service if it survives its court battles. Vivendi's chief executive... Read more

6 March, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

MP3.com to offer wireless sync

Song-swap site MP3.com will launch a service Monday to let users... Read more

6 November, 2000 by Graeme Wearden

Napster will lose its 'cool' image

...Napster's deal with Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) Tuesday will cost the song-swap site its credibility and its loyal user base, according to industry... Read more

1 November, 2000 by Graeme Wearden

Napster plays the Betamax card

...court session will hear opening arguments in the case between the digital song swap service and the giants of the recording industry beginning October 2... Read more

14 September, 2000 by Graeme Wearden

Roundup: The Napster struggle

...US district judge Marilyn Hall Patel showed little sympathy for the popular song-swap site, saying it was encouraging piracy by millions of users The... Read more

28 July, 2000 by Will Knight

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