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Judge orders identification of file swapper

It's a victory for the recording industry as a US court orders Verizon to identify a customer suspected of downloading more than 600 songs in one day Read more

22 January, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Another 80 song swappers hit by suits

The RIAA has filed 80 lawsuits against alleged file swappers, in its second round of legal action Read more

31 October, 2003 by John Borland

RIAA hits back at 'Nycfashiongirl'

The RIAA has turned up the heat on the lone Kazaa user fighting its subpoena Read more

28 August, 2003 by John Borland

ISP strikes back over file-trader suits

Telco SBC is arguing that the recording industry's tactics in pursuing individual song-swappers may violate the US constitution on privacy grounds Read more

31 July, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Critics fight RIAA file-trader action

Consumer and privacy groups are arguing that the recording industry does not have the right to find out the identity of a Kazaa file-trader Read more

2 September, 2002 by Declan McCullagh

Lone file-swapper takes on recording industry

An anonymous Californian is challenging the recording industry's right to obtain her personal details Read more

22 August, 2003 by John Borland

Aimster sets sites on MSN and Yahoo!

...record label. Capitol Records, a subsidiary of EMI Group, Aimster, and another file-swapper, Angry Coffee, are cross-promoting an upcoming release from the band... Read more

20 October, 2000 by Ben Charny

Film-swappers face three years' jail

Possessing just one copy of an unreleased film would put a file-swapper in prison, under forthcoming US copyright legislation Read more

13 November, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Child's mother pays RIAA to drop suit

...of America has settled a lawsuit against an alleged 12-year-old file-swapper in exchange for $2000 Read more

10 September, 2003 by John Borland

Napster chief outlines subscription pricing

Napster chief executive Konrad Hilbers is floating a new price for the file swapper's planned subscription service Read more

9 August, 2001 by Estelle Dumout and John Borland

Digital industry execs bare their souls

...like to file lawsuits. The MPAA's Jack Valenti would be a file swapper, if it weren't for the film industry group he happens... Read more

15 November, 2000 by Ben Charny

Ants inspire P2P concealment

...most monitoring services, such as BayTSP, simply pretend to be an ordinary file-swapper, searching and downloading files instead of trying to break into the... Read more

25 February, 2004 by John Borland

File-swapping lawsuits put on hold

...ahead to a discovery process, in which the identity of the alleged file-swapper will be requested from Internet service provider Pacific Bell, but he... Read more

25 November, 2004 by John Borland

Macintosh users flocking to Kazaa network

A popular application is bringing the huge FastTrack file-swapping network to the Mac, potentially challenging Apple's own iTunes music download service Read more

20 November, 2003 by John Borland

RIAA pulls file-swap suit against pensioner

...egregious" file swappers. Other stories varying widely from that of the stereotypical file swapper came out quickly, including 12-year-old New York public housing... Read more

25 September, 2003 by John Borland

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