p2pnet.net, Nikki Hemming Q&A (28 August 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9698> at 29 August 2006
Altnet on The Solution/Michael Speck/Kazaa Settlement:
Slyck, Altnet's Anti-Piracy Tool (2 August 2006) <http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1255> at 3 August 2006
ZDNet Australia, Former Kazaa investigator joins old enemy ( 2 August 2006) <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Former_Kazaa_investigator_joins_old_enemy/0,2000061733,39265271,00.htm> at 3 August 2006
The Hollywood Reporter Esq, Kazaa Creator to Pay $115 Million in Copyright Settlement (28 July 2006) <http://www.hollywoodreporteresq.com/thresq/ip/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002913808> at 2 August 2006
Limewire briefs the big guns:
Digital Music News, LimeWire Selects Legal Counsel for RIAA Defense (15 August 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#081606limewire> at 16 August 2006
Ditigal Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: Life After LimeWire (10 August 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#080906limewire> at 10 August 2006
The Register, RIAA puts developers in the dock (7 August 2006) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/07/riaa_limewire/> at 9 August 2006
Copy of complaint in Arista v Limewire: http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=arista_limewire_complaint
CNet News, Music industry sues P2P firm LimeWire (4 August 2006) <http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6102509.html?part=rss&tag=6102509&subj=news> at 6 August 2006
p2pnet.net, LimeWire sued by the RIAA ( 5 August 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9512> at 6 August 2006
Bilboard, Major Labels Sue LimeWire (4 August 2006) <http://www.billboard.biz/bb/biz/newsroom/legal_management/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002950680> at 6 August 2006
Slyck, LimeWire Sued by the RIAA (4 August 2006) <http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1258> at 6 August 2006
Music as medicine:
Wired, Music Makes Your Brain Happy (23 August 2006) <http://www.wired.com/news/technology/medtech/0,71631-0.html?tw=wn_index_24> at 29 August 2006
It's not piracy - it's market research:
The Guardian, What does online piracy really tell us? (24 August 2006)<http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1856406,00.html> at 26 August 2006
Movie download conviction in Sweden:
All Headline News, Sweden Sees First File-Sharing Conviction (16 August 2006) <http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004559683> at 29 August 2006
Finalnd case goes ahead:
p2pnet.net, Finland 'Finreactor ' p2p cases (12 August 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9563> at 15 August 2006
Dutch cable firm lose case on identity disclosure of file sharer - may not be much of a precedent though:
Reuters, Cable firm loses court case over file swapping (24 August 2006) <http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=13285795&src=rss/technologyNews> at 26 August 2006
TechDirt, Dutch Court Says ISP Needs To Hand Over Names, Despite Privacy Laws (24 August 2006) <http://techdirt.com/articles/20060824/131740.shtml> at 26 August 2006
Digital Music News, Dutch Anti-Piracy Group Wins ISP Identity Battle (25 August 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#082506dutch? at 26 August 2006
Local lawsuits in the USA:
KGET.com, MPAA files lawsuits against local women for Internet piracy Video (23 August 2006) <http://www.kget.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=5A613AEA-21BA-4435-9E76-0539833088CD> at 26 August 2006
AlligaotorOnline/The Associated Press, Two plead guilty for violating copyright (25 August 2006) <http://www.alligator.org/pt2/060825ap6.php> at 26 August 2006
seMissourian.com, Music copyright suits reach Cape (25 August 2006) <http://www.semissourian.com/story/1165478.html> at 26 August 2006
p2pnet.net, More RIAA file sharing claptrap (25 August 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9689?PHPSESSID=8f96a75bf20bb32373cbe9248fb97cf5> at 26 August 2006
Digital Music News Blog, RIAA Asks Judge to Follow Southwestern Decisions Where Judges Said they Had "Incomplete Understanding" of Kazaa Technology (31 July 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/blog/322> at 2 August 2006
The Courier Journal, Illegal downloads create unlikely defendants (31 july 2006)<http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060731/NEWS01/607310374> at 1 August 2006
p2pnet.net, RIAA, MPAA: the same con (31 July 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9490> at 1 August 2006
Foster seeks attorney fees:
Effector, Innocent Target of File-Sharing Lawsuit Deserves Attorney's Fees (August 2006) <http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_08.php#004873> at 18 August 2006
Digital Music News, ACLU, EFF, Others File Amicus Brief Supporting RIAA Defendant (15 August 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#081506aclu> at 16 August 2006
The Register, Woman forces US record industry to drop file-sharing case (3 August 2006)<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/03/industry_drops_filesharing_case/> at 4 August 2006
RIAA sues another thats never used a file sharing program:
p2pnet.net, New RIAA p2p blunder (22 August 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9657?PHPSESSID=8f96a75bf20bb32373cbe9248fb97cf5> at 26 August 2006
RIAA sues man's family after he dies - perfectly entitled to recover the money !?
p2pnet.net, RIAA victim Scantlebury harassed (14 August 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9581> at 15 August 2006
RIAAs latest deposition tactics:
p2pnet.net, RIAA deposition blackout (10 August 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9548> at 11 August 2006
Elektra v Barker - the real test to come:
The Recording Industry v The People Blog, On the Importance of Elektra v. Barker (3 August 2006) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2006/08/on-importance-of-elektra-v-barker.html> at 4 August 2006
Extortion as a defence against RIAA:
TechDirt, Third Way To Get RIAA To Drop Lawsuit: Accuse Them Of Extortion (25 August 2006) <http://techdirt.com/articles/20060824/235934.shtml> at 26 August 2006
Wiping your hard drive not going to help against RIAA:
Digital Music News, RIAA Defendant Wipes Hard Drive, Faces Quick Decision (25 August 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#082406riaa> at 26 August 2006
p2pnet.net, RIAA 'triumph' over Texas mum (25 August 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9685?PHPSESSID=8f96a75bf20bb32373cbe9248fb97cf5> at 26 August 2006
Terry McBride again on the stupidity of suing your own customers:
mp3.com, Label boss blasts P2P lawsuits (18 August 2006) <http://www.mp3.com/news/stories/5923.html> at 29 August 2006
p2pnet.net, RIAA urged, 'Stop the lawsuits!' (21 August 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9637> at 22 August 2006
AllPeers:
Slyck.com, An Indepth Look at AllPeers (28 August 2006) <http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1276> at 29 August 2006
P2PBlog, Allpeers review (15 August 2006)<http://www.p2p-blog.com/item-131.html> at 17 August 2006
Azureus update:
Slyck, Azureus! (22 August 2006) <http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1272> at 23 August 2006
eMule update:
slyck, eMule Content Database Upgrades (17 August 2006) <http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1268> at 18 August 2006
A closer look at private p2p networks:
Read/Write Web, The Underground World of Private P2P Networks (15 August 2006)<http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/private_p2p.php> at 17 August 2006
iMesh releases filtered BearShare:
Reuters, iMesh releases legal BearShare (17 August 2006)<http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-08-17T050656Z_01_N17218079_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-IMESH.xml&src=rss> at 17 August 2006
SkyRider - new commerical p2p:
GigaOm, SkyRider, A New P2P Start Up Emerges (3 August 2006) <http://gigaom.com/2006/08/03/skyrider/> at 4 August 2006
OFF:
OFF System Development, Have Nothing. Pwn Everything (August 2006) <http://offsystem.sourceforge.net/wordpress/?page_id=4> at 15 August 2006
p2pnet.net The future is OFF (14 August 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9583> at 15 August 2006
BitTorrent gets faster:
GigaOM, New Protocol To Boost BitTorrent Speeds (4 August 2006) <http://gigaom.com/2006/08/04/cachelogic-bittorrent/> at 6 August 2006
Now this IS off - piracy bots (did you think I said privacy ?):
InformationWeek, Software Mines Internet To Identify Music Piracy (9 August 2006) <http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=191900940> at 11 August 2006
DCIA on how congress can close the 'net once and for all:
Slyck, DCIA writes to Congress (24 August 2006) <http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1273> at 26 August 2006
What will they think of next? ISP content filtering?
Business Standard, TCS seeks to deprive cyber pirates of loot (2 August 2006) <http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=100192&leftnm=8&subLeft=0&chkFlg=> at 3 August 2006
Technical spoofing and hacking to prevent games downloads:
Gamesindustry.biz, Cause mayhem to disrupt illegal downloads, says Introversion (24 August 2006) <http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=19283> at 26 August 2006
Linux Journal, A Five Minute Guide to Opposing DRM (2 August 2006) <http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000073> at 10 August 2006
CNet News, Siggraph: Taking on fair use, privacy and DRM (1 August 2006) <http://news.com.com/2100-1047_3-6100680.html> at 2 August 2006
Yahoo & Napsters subscription services realise full potential - now that the DRM has been cracked!
TechDirt, DRM Crackers Make Yahoo And Napster's Music Services All The More Useful (25 August 2006) <http://techdirt.com/articles/20060825/1447213.shtml> at 26 August 2006
DRM morphing into PRM:
Freedom To Tinker, DRM Wars: The Next Generation (9 August 2006) <http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1051> at 10 August 2006
Freedom To Tinker, DRM Wars: Property Rights Management (14 August 2006) <http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/> at 16 August 2006
Freedom to Tinker, PRM Wars (16 August 2006) <http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1053> at 18 August 2006
Universal Pictures admits DRM is not to prevent priacy:
TGDaily, Universal Pictures: "DRMs do not stop piracy" (4 August 2006) <http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/04/tg_daily_interviews_universal_pictures/> at 18 August 2006
Norwey still on iTunes issues:
p2pnet.net, iTunes Nordic row intensifies (16 August 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9597> at 17 August 2006
MercuryNews.com, Nordic regulators to discuss possible action against Apple (15 August 2006)<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15279943.htm> at 17 August 2006
The Register, Norway knuckles down for long iTunes fight (3 August 2006)<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/03/norway_apple_itunes/> at 4 August 2006
UK's eMusic DRM free subscription:
The Register, eMusic intros UK MP3 download service (14 August 2006) <http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/14/emusic_opens_uk_mp3_store/> at 16 August 2006
TechDirt, Don't Tell eMusic You Can't Succeed Selling DRM-Free Music (31 July 2006) <http://techdirt.com/articles/20060731/1039206.shtml> at 1 August 2006
Clarrifying Canadian downloading law:
p2pnet.net, Downloading in Canada: the fallacy (16 August 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9601> at 17 August 2006
Captain copyright pulled for review:
Slyck, Access Copyright Responds to Criticism (11 August 2006) <http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1262> at 16 August 2006
Slyck, Captain Copyright Under Fire (Again) (9 August 2006) <http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1260> at 11 August 2006
Law reform in Russia - we want in to the WTO!
Russian News and Information Agency, Russia set to streamline anti-piracy procedure (25 August 2006) http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060825/53142987.html at 26 August 2006
The new business models just waiting to be adopted:
TechDirt, Rethinking The Music Industry Business Model... Finally Going Mainstream (25 August 2006) <http://techdirt.com/articles/20060825/095653.shtml> at 26 August 2006
EMI's China database - now you can check before you download:
English.Eastday.com, EMI opens copyright info search engine to help claim music royalties (9 August 2006) <http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/business/userobject1ai2241398.html> at 10 August 2006
EMI signs onto Qtrack's DRM infected subscription:
Digital Music News, Ad-Supported P2P Grabs EMI Music Publishing Agreement (10 August 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#081006qtrax> at 10 August 2006
EMI signs onto Mashboxx:
The Register, EMI blesses try before you buy. Then your song explodes (2 August 2006) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/02/mashboxx_emi_deal/> at 3 August 2006
Pump Audio/Magnatune deal:
TechDirt, Pump Audio, Magnatune Broker Licensing Arrangement (8 August 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#080806magna> at 9 August 2006
Napster makes some small gains:
Digital Music News, Napster Boosts Revenues, Issues Surround Profits, Subscribers (2 August 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#080306napster> at 3 August 2006
Musicians with access to the means of production:
TechDirt, Note To Record Labels: Big Musicians Don't Need All Your Services (And Attached Strings) Any More (7 August 2006) <http://techdirt.com/article.php?sid=20060807/1723209> at 8 August 2006
The last little bit on Frances about face:
Digital Music News, French Constitutional Council Challenges Interoperability Bill (31 July 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#073106france> at 1 August 2006
p2pnet.net, Apple, French law, and iPod (31 July 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/9493> at 1 August 2006
US album sales 10 year low:
Digital Music News, US Weekly Album Sales Reach Ten Year Low (31 July 2006) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html#080106album> at 1 August 2006
iTunes users shitty about delayed releases:
Reuters, Delayed digital releases annoy iTunes users (29 July 2006) <http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2006-07-29T154321Z_01_N29291199_RTRUKOC_0_US-ITUNES.xml&src=rss> at 1 August 2006
Copyright education bill in California:
Arstechnia, Activism makes a difference in California copyright fight (26 July 2006) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060726-7359.html> at 1 August 2006
Snarf-it - do it yourself removal of priacy torrents:
Slyck, Snarf-it Works With Copyright Holders (31 July 2006) <http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1254> at 1 August 2006
1 Year after Grokster - things messier than ever:
p2pnet.net, p2p time travel (1 August 2006) http://p2pnet.net/story/9496> at 1 August 2006
