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Blog Why oh why did they ignore the moral leadership of the British Phonographic Institute and the Recording Industry Association of America? Napster, of course, caused the dramatic collapse of the recording industry - who can forget those horrific...
[October 22, 2006, 14:11]
LookBack '98: Gadgets We Have Known And Loved - Part II
News Armed only with a credit card sized Walkman-type thingy, Diamond strutted its stuff in court this year when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) slapped a writ on the Rio, claiming it threatened the livelihood of recording artists...
[December 25, 1998, 9:49]
New Technology Hides Data Inside Music Files
News While the technology is apparently not quite ready, there is promise for some protective technologies," Hilary Rosen, chief executive of the Recording Industry Association of America, told music retailers at the group's national convention earlier...
[March 21, 2003, 8:25]
Audiogalaxy In RIAA Crosshairs
News The Recording Industry Association of America on Friday filed a copyright lawsuit against Audiogalaxy, adding another front to the industry's legal battles against post-Napster file-swapping services.
[May 27, 2002, 6:43]
RIAA Apologises For Penn State Copyright Warning
News The Recording Industry Association of America apologised on Monday to Penn State University for sending an incorrect legal notice of alleged Internet copyright violations. A representative of Penn State said Monday afternoon that the university...
[May 13, 2003, 8:36]
Royalty Fees Threaten Net Radio
News The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the major music labels, blasted the decision as too low. I can guarantee the recording industry will appeal this," said Adam Cohen, a partner at New York-based law firm Weil Gotshal...
[June 21, 2002, 12:46]
Copyright Differences Brew P2P Clash
News There are some implications for enforcement, creating an additional wrinkle," said Neil Turkewitz, the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) executive vice president for international affairs.
[January 8, 2003, 9:22]
Canada: Downloading Music Is Legal
News Copyright holder groups such as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) had already been critical of Canada's copyright laws, in large part because the country has not instituted provisions similar to those found in the US Digital...
[December 15, 2003, 8:50]
Hacked Rio To Pose Legal Problems?
News In doing so, Snowblind has put Diamond on what could be shaky legal ground in its defence against a suit filed by the Recording Industry Association of America aimed at halting shipments of the Rio. In contrast, everyday audio CDs typically require...
[January 28, 1999, 9:49]
RIAA Holds Fire On Webcast Licensing Scheme
News The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced last Wednesday that it planned to create a body that would collect and distribute royalties from Internet radio stations and distribute them to record companies and artists.
[October 9, 2000, 15:11]
McCartney's Firm Sues MP3.com
News The Recording Industry Association of America filed suit against the company in January, citing the same feature. Defendant has copied sound recordings of plaintiff's copyrighted works from CDs onto its computer servers and is making digital...
[March 27, 2000, 9:33]
Hopes For Legal Music Podcasts Rise
News For six months now, Ibbott has been talking to the Recording Industry Association of America and individual copyright holders about making this process easier and unambiguously legal. The podcasting thaw isn't limited to recording labels.
[June 17, 2005, 12:30]
A Year Ago: MP4 Gets Cool Welcome, But 'resistance Is Futile...'
News While Diamond shuns the format, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which has fought a bitter battle against MP3 and Diamond, is likely to give the new technology as wide a berth as its predecessor.
[January 19, 2000, 5:30]
P2P Firms Face New Legal Threat
News Stevenson said in an interview on Monday that it should "come as no surprise to anybody that we talked to attorneys general, particularly the chief law enforcement officer in California, because of the impact that illegal file copying and stealing...
[March 16, 2004, 14:05]
Ruling Means Dark Days For P2P Users?
News On Friday, representatives for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) hinted the industry group would step up its efforts to pursue individuals in the wake of both decisions. Friday's ruling that the makers of Grokster and Morpheus...
[April 28, 2003, 9:44]
Swapping Doesn't Hurt Music Sales - Study
News The Recording Industry Association of America was quick to dismiss the results as inconsistent with earlier findings. Executives at file-sharing companies welcomed the survey, saying it should help persuade reluctant record company executives to...
[March 30, 2004, 10:45]
Judges Put End To Napster Appeal
News Still, the Recording Industry Association of America welcomed the news as a "victory for copyright holders. A federal appeals court has determined that Napster must continue to block the swapping of copyrighted music, marking the latest legal...
[June 26, 2001, 7:21]
PC Giants To Grab Spotlight At Electronics Show
News The other half of the Wintel duopoly, Microsoft, will highlight its upcoming Xbox game console and its Ultimate TV, which marries satellite television, WebTV and digital video recording. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Intel chief executive Craig...
[January 4, 2001, 11:18]
RIAA Apologises For More Mistaken Warnings
News The music industry's antipiracy efforts took an embarrassing turn on Tuesday when the Recording Industry Association of America acknowledged that it has erroneously sent dozens of copyright infringement notices.
[May 14, 2003, 7:33]
EFF Files Free Speech Lawsuit Against Record Labels
News The paper, which discusses weaknesses in some watermarking technology that record companies were considering as protection for their music, was quashed in April after the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI ) and the Recording Industry...
[June 7, 2001, 8:32]
