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Music downloading hearing can't be streamed online

Technology / Internet

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Oral arguments in a music downloading lawsuit filed by the recording industry against a Boston University student can't be streamed online, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.


Industry wants to ban Minn. woman from downloading

Technology / Internet

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Just weeks after a federal jury ruled that a Minnesota woman must pay $1.92 million for illegally sharing copyright-protected music, the recording industry wants to make sure she doesn't do it again.


Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case (AP)

Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case

Technology / Internet

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(AP) -- The $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry - if the big ...


NAB: House majority opposes new performers royalty

Technology / Internet

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The National Association of Broadcasters said Wednesday that a majority of U.S. House members are now opposed to imposing new fees on radio stations to pay performance artists.


A picture taken in March 2009 in Paris shows the screen of a computer showing a web site of downloading contents

File sharing drops in Sweden after govt crackdown

Technology / Internet

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 7

More than 40 percent of Swedes engage in illegal file sharing, but recording industry officials have noted a sharp drop since a government crackdown earlier this year, they said Monday.


Supporters of the website The Pirate Bay, one of the world's top illegal filesharing websites, demonstrate in Stockholm

Swedish court rules out Pirate Bay retrial

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created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A Swedish court on Thursday rejected calls for a retrial of four men found guilty of promoting copyright infringement by running filesharing site The Pirate Bay, saying the trial judge was not biased.


Supporters of the web site 'The Pirate Bay'

Judge in Pirate Bay trial may have been biased

Technology / Internet

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

A Swedish judge who found four men guilty of promoting copyright infringement by running filesharing site The Pirate Bay may have been biased and a retrial may be ordered, legal experts said Thursday.


Trial set to begin in Mass. music downloading case

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created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Lawyers are to begin formally presenting their case in a music downloading lawsuit filed by the recording industry against a Boston University student.


Lawyer: Song swapper on trial doing `what kids do'

Technology / Internet

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Boston University graduate student was "a kid who did what kids do" when he swapped songs through file-sharing networks like Kazaa, his lawyer said Tuesday as his copyright-infringement trial began.


Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case (AP)

Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case

Technology / Internet

created Aug 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(AP) -- A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels.


Judge in Mass. download case rules for music cos. (AP)

Minimal damages sought in Mass. song-download case

Technology / Internet

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A lawyer for a Boston University student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music urged a federal jury Friday to "send a message" to the music industry by awarding only minimal damages.


Send chills up your microphone with an Icicle

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

One of the really great computer applications is the ability to record audio and save it to a digital file. One of the more interesting recording applications these days are podcasts. Making a podcast is fairly straightforward. ...


Mass. student on trial admits sharing tunes online

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created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A Boston University graduate student accused of illegally swapping music online nonchalantly admitted in court Thursday that he has downloaded and shared hundreds of songs by Nirvana, Green Day, The Smashing Pumpkins ...


Fujitsu Develops Optical Element for Thermal Assisted Magnetic Recording

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 28, 2006 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Fujitsu Inc. announced the development of a multi-layered optical element for thermal assisted magnetic recording. Using this optical element, engineers were able to achieve a sub-hundred nanometer optical spot size, which ...


Research Examines Factors That Influence Intention to Pirate Digital Media; People Do Because They Can

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study by information systems researchers at the University of Arkansas shows that as many as three out of four college students may be illegally copying and downloading digital material, including copyright-protected ...