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Illegal Downloading

Coshocton: Single Illegal Download Shuts Down Town's Wi-Fi

Coshocton Tribune | Posted 11.13.2009 | Technology

Read More: Town Internet Shut Down, Internet, Piracy, Illegal Downloading, Illegal Download, File Sharing, Internet Shut Down Download, Technology News

About five years ago, the county made a free wireless Internet connection available in the block surrounding the Coshocton County Courthouse at 318 Ma...

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Napster For Books: The Way Of The Future?

The New York Times | RANDALL STROSS | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Pirated Books, Illegal Downloading, Napster, Books, E-Books, Digital Books, Megaupload, Hotfile, Rapidshare, Books News

You can buy "The Lost Symbol," by Dan Brown, as an e-book for $9.99 at Amazon.com. Or you can don a pirate's cap and snatch a free copy from another ...

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Britain is Appeasing the Copyright Cartel Again

Max Keiser | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Copyright, Copyright Law, Britain, Stephen Timms, Illegal Downloading, Illegal Downloads, Media News
Max Keiser

The AP reports that the British government says people who illegally download music and film may have their Internet connection cut off, to curb piracy. But Britain is on the wrong side of this issue.

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Hollywood Wins Lawsuit, Losing the War

Nate Wilcox | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Itunes, Realdvd, Media Companies, Universal Studios, Illegal Downloading, Technology, Hollywood, Sony, Media News
Nate Wilcox

In the end, technology is changing with or without the permission of the Hollywood studios.

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Minnesota Woman Ordered To Pay $1.9 Million For Illegal File-Sharing

Bloomberg | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Recording Industry, Illegal Downloading, Riaa, Riaa Lawsuits, Music Downloads, Media News

June 19 (Bloomberg) -- A Minnesota woman accused of swapping music over the Kazaa Internet service was ordered by a jury to pay Vivendi SA's Universal...

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RIAA To Stop Suing Music Swappers

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Illegal Downloading, Riaa, Riaa Lawsuits, Music Downloads, Business News

LOS ANGELES — The group representing the U.S. recording industry said Friday it has abandoned its policy of suing people for sharing songs prote...

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Publishing Is Dead. Long Live Publishing

Hugh McGuire | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Literature, Publishing, Writing, Books, Fiction, Web, Novels, Non-Fiction, Ebooks, Novel, Online CD Sales, Illegal Downloading, Media News
Hugh McGuire

There's going to be a shake-up, no doubt. It'll be ugly for publishing companies that don't adjust.

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Clouds and Pirates: Darknets Rising

Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Peer to Peer Downloading, Digital Downloads, Music Downloads, Movie Downloads, Illegal Downloading, Free Downloads, Music Industry, Business News
Shelly Palmer

Soon, "darknet" technology is going to become so easy commonplace that the law of unintended consequences may innocently take the movie business to the place where the music business has gone to die.

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Minnesota Woman Must Pay Recording Companies $222K In Music Download Suit

USA Today's "On Deadline" Blog | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Illegal Downloading, Music Downloads, Media News

A 30-year-old Duluth, Minn., woman must pay six record companies $222,000 for violating copyright by downloading songs illegally and then sharing them...

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