Jul 28, 2003 | audio, web_services
Since Apple Computer’s iTunes service appears to be successful, a flood of companies are announcing sites for licensed online music downloads. Here’s an article about the recent announcements. The first one to open is Buy.com’s buymusic.com, but...
Jul 25, 2003 | audio, DRM
Today’s San Francisco Chronicle has a front-page article about the details of the RIAA subpoenas – almost a thousand so far, seeking the identity of Kazaa users. The RIAA has targeted students, grandfathers, and people who in some cases were sharing as few...
Jul 17, 2003 | audio, DRM, law
Here’s an article about a new bill introduced by Howard Berman, a House representative funded by the entertainment industry, that would land a person in prison for five years and impose a fine of $250,000 for uploading a single file to a peer-to-peer network. In...
Jun 26, 2003 | audio, DRM, file_sharing
When last seen, the RIAA had been told by a federal court judge in Los Angeles that it could not shut down Grokster and Morpheus by suing the programs’ creators, since they weren’t responsible for alleged copyright infringement by users of the software. At the same...
