Recording Industry

Joel Tenenbaum: Record Companies Try To Gag Student, Stop From Promoting Illegal Downloads

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 12.07.2009 | Technology

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BOSTON — A graduate student who must pay four record labels a combined $675,000 in damages for downloading and sharing songs online has been ordered...

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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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For the Justice Department-RIAA Connection, the Fifth Time is Not The Charm

Gigi Sohn | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Recording Industry, Department of Justice, Copyright, Riaa, Jenner & Block, Intellectual Property, Ip, Ip Law, Justice Department, Intellectual Property Law, Politics News
Gigi Sohn

While there are a number of lawyers and others in the White House and elsewhere with a more balanced view of copyright, having so many recording industry lawyers concentrated in the Justice Department is particularly troubling.

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Move Over Wall Street, Hollywood and the Chamber of Commerce Want Their Handouts Too

Gigi Sohn | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Recording Industry, Department of Justice, Wall Street Crisis, Justice Department, Copyright, Hollywood, Economy, Business News
Gigi Sohn

These lawsuits could be brought even if the copyright holder has sued the alleged violator for civil damages; your tax dollars could be used to punish the same person or company twice.

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RIAA Says No To Transferring Legally Purchased Music From CD To PC

Washington Post | Marc Fisher | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: RIAA Personal Use, Recording Industry, File Sharing, Music Sharing, Riaa, Media News

Despite more than 20,000 lawsuits filed against music fans in the years since they started finding free tunes online rather than buying CDs from recor...

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Branson Ditches Virgin Megastores

The Guardian (U.K.) | Owen Gibson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Sir Richard Branson yesterday severed his last remaining link with the high street, offloading his Virgin Megastore chain at a time when record shops ...

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