Court rejects RIAA request to identify song-swappers
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A U.S. appeals court has rejected a tactic used by the music industry to identify alleged file-swappers in order to sue them, marking the second time a federal court has struck down subpoenas that seek names of Internet service provider (ISP) subscribers.
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A US court has ruled that file-sharing firms are not responsible for what users do with their software.
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The self-proclaimed legal file sharing service is either not so legal or not so sharing: None of the big four music labels have agreements with the service, according to news reports.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19 -- The makers of two leading file-sharing programs are not legally liable for copyrighted works swapped online by their users, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a blow to the entertainment industry.
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In a major setback for the music and movie industries, a federal appeals court upholds a lower court's decision in the infamous Grokster case, ruling peer-to-peer services Morpheus and Grokster are not liable for the copyright infringement of their users. By Katie Dean.
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Europe's top court on Tuesday dealt a blow to the defenders of authors' rights, upholding a Spanish Internet provider's refusal to reveal the identity of customers sharing music downloads.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court was asked Friday to hold two Internet file-sharing services responsible for their customers&#39; online swapping of copyrighted songs and movies.
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But look to lawsuit stick rather than iTunes carrot for the cause
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It is possible to trace users sharing unlicensed music files through their IP address, the Federal Court was told today by the major music labels&#39; first witness in their civil case against peer-to-peer software provider Sharman Networks.
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TWO FILE SHARING companies have been told by a court that they are not liable for people in their networks swapping illegal content.
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A US court has upheld the legitimacy of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing application Morpheus, finding against 28 of the world&#39;s largest entertainment companies which had alleged that the P2P firm&#39;s software violates copyright law.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday sidestepped a dispute over whether Internet providers can be forced to identify subscribers illegally swapping music and movies online.
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Justices sidestep a dispute over whether Internet providers can be forced to identify subscribers illegally swapping music and movies online.
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Music-industry investigators must file a lawsuit to uncover the identities of people who may be copying their songs online, a U.S. appeals court said Tuesday in a decision that echoes earlier rulings on the subject.
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The Federal Court in Sydney has been told the creators of the popular file-sharing software, Kazaa, cannot be held responsible if people use it to illegally swap music files.
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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to examine a lower-court ruling that forces music-industry investigators to file a lawsuit to uncover the identities of people who may be copying their songs online.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court decision holding that the recording industry can&#39;t force internet service providers to turn over the names of users trading music files online, effectively stopping one of the legal