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Record labels targeted in Napster suit
News Prompted by arguments presented by Napster's legal team, US District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel grilled music industry lawyers about antitrust concerns related to MusicNet and Pressplay, joint ventures between two groups of major record labels to...
[October 11, 2001, 12:01]
Record labels win round against file-swapping students
Talkback They will do this by generating such massive animosity between music consumers and record labels and their artists that consumers may boycott any individual or business represented by RIAA. RIAA really want to kill off the music business.
[July 31, 2003, 12:55]
Record labels win round against file-swapping students
News Sydney University can't hide behind claims that file-swapping data sought by record labels was deleted from its system, an Australian federal judge has ruled. In addition, the record industry's representative argued that it takes several...
[July 31, 2003, 9:40]
Record labels put the brakes on CD copy locks
News Fearful of consumer backlash, major record labels in the United States have slowed controversial plans for making CDs more difficult to copy, even as tension over online music piracy mounts. Now major record labels themselves have put the brakes on...
[September 3, 2002, 13:28]
Kazaa firm banned from suing record labels
News Sharman Networks, the company behind the popular Kazaa file-swapping software, cannot pursue a suit accusing record labels and movie studios of antitrust violations, a federal judge has ruled. Movie studios and record labels filed a lawsuit...
[July 8, 2003, 14:56]
MP3 launches email marketing for record labels
News MP3.com has launched a marketing service for record labels, sending emails to fans touting new music. But it demonstrates the increasing thaw in the relationship between the online music site and major labels.
[August 31, 2000, 13:44]
The record labels' new target: users
News Record labels hell-bent on strangling unauthorised music copying on the Internet are considering widening their legal efforts to include lawsuits against individuals, according to industry sources. The move toward suing individuals, first reported...
[July 4, 2002, 8:12]
Record labels win round against file-swapping students
Talkback You make me laugh. Every business will lock up their customer if the customers steal from them. Why don't you try to pirate DirectTV signal or the Cable company and see how fast they sue you when they catch you.
[November 4, 2003, 21:39]
Napster signs up record labels
News Capping a day of speculation, Napster announced a deal on Tuesday that should allow it to sell music from three of the five major music labels as part of its proposed subscription service. As a part of this deal, Napster is barred from striking any...
[June 6, 2001, 9:13]
Justice Dept ends scrutiny of record labels
News After more than two years of quiet investigation, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday that it is closing its antitrust scrutiny of the major record labels' online activities, without filing charges.
[December 24, 2003, 7:55]
Kazaa firm banned from suing record labels
Talkback Wow what a smart move Kazza and Sharman have a ruling which says that they are incidental to any copyright breaches so that effectively rules them out of being sued in future - business as usual for them I think
[October 21, 2003, 18:35]
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]
Verizon, record labels fight over 'pirate'
News Attorneys for Verizon Communications and the music industry sparred in court on Friday over whether to disclose the identity of an alleged peer-to-peer pirate. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has asked a federal judge in...
[October 7, 2002, 8:00]
Music labels are not taking Napster's bait
News Now the record labels have confirmed that view. Analysts had already suggested that the record labels were unlikely to accept Napster's offer, because it would mean handing over the distribution of their music over the Internet -- something that...
[February 21, 2001, 15:34]
Napster: Court deadline approaches
News By the end of Monday, music-swapping company Napster must prove to the court, the record labels and the world that it is officially blocking songs from being traded with the help of its service. At this point in the saga, Napster is doing its best...
[March 12, 2001, 8:06]
Sharman case back in court
News Lawyers representing record labels and those acting for peer-to-peer companies argued on Friday in the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney about whether a controversial order used by the music industry to obtain information on file-sharing...
[February 20, 2004, 14:25]
Apple's tunes could threaten Microsoft
News Apple on Monday launched the new service, which makes a catalogue of about 200,000 songs from all major record labels available for download to a computer. Notably, Microsoft is banking heavily on anti-copying technology as an incentive to sell...
[April 30, 2003, 11:42]
No olive branch for Napster
News Napster and the Big Five record labels are headed back to court after a month of court-sanctioned settlement talks closed without agreement. Napster has been negotiating with each of the Big Five record labels, hoping both for an end to the lawsuit...
[February 20, 2002, 11:54]
Execs target 99-cent song price
News As the early buzz over new music services such as Apple Computer’s iTunes fades, record labels and technology companies are struggling to turn the services into profitable businesses. Whatever the ongoing tensions, it's clear that the relationships...
[December 9, 2003, 11:25]
Report confirms MP3 is here to stay
News Jupiter analyst Lucas Graves advised record labels to embrace MP3 or "pay the price" when downloadable music goes mainstream. According to Graves music labels' obsession with rights-enabled formats means they are missing the opportunity presented...
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