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Apple silences iTunes file-swapping software
News Apple made the move amid an environment of increasing hostility between the entertainment industry and music-swapping applications such as Kazaa and the now-defunct Napster. Apple has been building file-sharing functions into iTunes and its other...
[January 17, 2003, 13:18]
Sharman defends makers of file-swapping software
News The order, by Judge Stephen Wilson found that Grokster and StreamCast, makers of peer-to-peer software, could not be held liable for the file-swapping shenanigans of their users. Wilson had found that file-swapping technology was similar to...
[October 1, 2003, 11:15]
File-swapping legal fight gathers steam
Talkback Last week's meeting was attended by representatives from IBM, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, the Business Software Alliance, the RIAA and the Motion Picture Association of America. I find it interesting that Microsoft was not in attendance at the meeting...
[September 6, 2004, 14:22]
Supreme Court rules against file swapping
Talkback I'm not saying I support breaching copyright, but surely shouldn't the people breaching copyright, and not the creators of the P2P software be held responsible? I think this latest judgement is ridiculous.
[June 30, 2005, 0:53]
Supreme Court rules against file swapping
Talkback Arthur B : "Perhaps the US doesn't understand the Internet or even software for that matter. Umm.the US INVENTED the internet, TCP/IP etc etc, through ARPANET, which was fully funded by the US Goverment.
[June 28, 2005, 22:54]
Supreme Court rules against file swapping
Talkback Perhaps the US doesn't understand the Internet or even software for that matter. How can you check for copyrighted files without having to enforce draconic measurements on your customers (bye privacy) and without resorting to software that's...
[June 27, 2005, 21:12]
Supreme Court rules against file swapping
Talkback And why the German economy is going nowhere fast AFTER they decided to go open source, while America's economy continues to chugh along nicely, with most of our companies using Microsoft software? Hus.K : "So its no wonder Munich,Norway and slowly...
[June 29, 2005, 13:35]
Those Aren't Just Files You're Swapping - The Dangers of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
White Papers And, since P2P is primarily used to exchange pirated audio, video, and software files or inappropriate content, companies should be concerned about the potential exposure to legal - even criminal - liability.
[September 23, 2005, 3:00]
File-swap software will foil enforcers
News See the MP3/P2P News Section for the latest on everything from MP3 players to file-swapping services. Peer-to-peer file-sharing software developers say user privacy-protection concerns are behind the introduction of features designed to foil...
[July 22, 2003, 9:10]
File-swapping legal fight gathers steam
News A hotly contested wrangle in the US Congress over how to outlaw file-swapping networks just took a new twist. A 19 August decision from a federal appeals court that said the Grokster and Morpheus file-swapping networks were legal to operate has...
[September 3, 2004, 9:35]
Kazaa fires back at Hollywood, labels
News Sharman Networks, owner of the popular Kazaa file-swapping software, has launched a legal counterstrike against the major record labels and Hollywood studios, asserting they have "obscenely" abused their copyright powers.
[January 28, 2003, 7:56]
Swappers log off Kazaa as alternatives emerge
News The owners of the popular Kazaa file-swapping software have withstood assaults from the record industry for years, but now they're facing a new enemy that may be even harder to fight: competition. Although it's too early to draw broad conclusions...
[July 1, 2004, 11:15]
Music publishers file latest lawsuit
News A group representing music publishers and songwriters on Tuesday filed a federal suit against some makers of file-swapping software, marking the latest in a string of legal tangles over copyright infringement on the Internet.
[November 21, 2001, 10:02]
Kazaa, Morpheus conceding defeat
News A legal fight that has pitted file-swapping software companies Kazaa and StreamCast Networks against big record labels and movie studios is collapsing as the small companies run out of funds. Kazaa sold the actual Kazaa file-swapping software to a...
[May 23, 2002, 9:19]
Is your company habouring file-swappers?
News The survey found that every company in its sample with more than 500 employees had at least one installation of file-swapping software. Several companies have sprung up that offer network management tools aimed at finding and deleting unauthorised...
[July 16, 2003, 11:45]
Morpheus gets a new lease on life
News StreamCast Networks' Morpheus, once the Net's most popular file-swapping software, is being reborn yet again with new technology, and StreamCast also has a new chief executive: former chief executive Michael Weiss.
[May 1, 2003, 8:11]
Swappers 'vulnerable to hackers'
News Earthstation 5 has released a new edition of its file-swapping software, responding to reports that running older versions could let hackers delete critical files on a users' computer. The concerns were raised in a security bulletin posted to...
[October 7, 2003, 9:15]
New Kazaa likely to raise labels' ire
News An overhauled version of the popular file-swapping software Kazaa was unleashed on Monday on the Internet, with features sure to make record and movie studio executives' blood boil. The new software shows clear ambitions on the part of Kazaa parent...
[September 23, 2002, 7:51]
Macintosh users flocking to Kazaa network
News A new piece of file-swapping software for Macintosh computers is drawing thousands of downloads by offering peer-to-peer options previously available mainly to Windows computers. Originally released in July, and updated substantially since then...
[November 20, 2003, 9:10]
A tardy Morpheus meets mixed reviews
News File-swapping company StreamCast Networks released a long-awaited new version of its Morpheus software on Tuesday, in a bid to recapture its once-unrivalled online popularity. Even if the new software brings Morpheus back on a par with Kazaa, the...
[August 21, 2002, 7:58]
