Illegal Downloading

Publishing Is Dead. Long Live Publishing

Hugh McGuire | Posted 09.29.2008 | 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 07.14.2008 | 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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Why is NBC Running Ads on Pirate Bay?

Ron Galloway | Posted 12.30.2007 | Media

Read More: Nbc, The Office, Pirate Bay, Illegal Downloading, Bit Torrent, Media News
Ron Galloway

Every major studio is suing the Pirate Bay, which is public enemy number one in the P2P bittorrent world. And NBC is generating ad revenue for them?

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Consumer Web Access Could Be Shut Down For Sharing Illegal Content

Mira Veda | Posted 11.25.2007 | Media

Read More: Internet Rights, Internet Policy, Internet, Piracy, Illegal Downloading, Media News
Mira Veda

If a user has high traffic file sharing, s/he would be reported to an enforcement body, after the third warning the user would no longer have access to the web. Sound scary? It does to me.

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Where Do I Send The Money?

Susan Madrak | Posted 10.05.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Music Industry, Illegal Downloading, Courtney Love, Entertainment News
Susan Madrak

Someone really is robbing musicians, and it's not who you'd think. That's why I would gladly donate $10 to this woman, and so would a lot of other people.

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

USA Today's "On Deadline" Blog | Posted 10.04.2007 | 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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