Capitol Records failed to halt the operations of ReDigi, a service which sells “used” digital music, in advance of their looming legal battle. And even if you’ve never heard of ReDigi, this case holds important consequences for digital media of all kinds. More »
LimeWire has been kaput as a file-sharing service since October, but that hasn’t stopped its legal woes. Now, after settling with the RIAA to the tune of $US105 million, the MPAA and a host of indie music labels have filed lawsuits against the company as well. Talk about beating a dead horse. More »
The feds shut down Megaupload today, and the RIAA is juiced. In a statement released after the DOJ killed Megaupload. The RIAA celebrated victory by with a hearty diatribe vilifying Megaupload. More »
This tweet from the RIAA’s Senior Vice President of Communications is just about the most asinine thing we’ve read all day. Way to totally trivialise an issue that millions of people care passionately about. Honestly, what are you people thinking? Updated. More »
Later today, huge sites like Wikipedia and Reddit will “black out” in protest of SOPA, and the MPAA doesn’t like the behaviour of these “technology business interests” one bit. More »
Those nauseating RIAA hypocrites were caught illegally downloading $US9 million of TV shows. Now they are giving the same pathetic excuse given to them by the people they accused of pirating songs: “someone was using our IP address.” More »
The same RIAA that makes examples out of ordinary folks by suing them for millions of dollars for file sharing? Turns out someone there’s been pirating full seasons of Dexter. Nine million dollars worth. Whoops! More »
Megaupload says it’s suing Universal Music Group. Wait, what? File sharing vector suing copyright holder? Last week, Megaupload went on the offensive against the recording industry with a video uploaded to YouTube featuring big name artists. Universal had it taken down. More »
