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Spaniard sued for music file-sharing networks

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created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Recording companies went to court Tuesday claiming euro13 million ($17.5 million) from a Spaniard they accuse of profiting from computer programs he designed to allow free music downloads over the Internet.





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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.


BSkyB will launch its Sky Songs service on October 19

BSkyB says to launch online music service

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created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British pay-TV giant BSkyB said Monday it will launch an online music service next week which offers consumers access to more than four million tracks, rivalling Apple's iTunes.


Online pirates police themselves

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created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- People who illegally download music, films and TV episodes do not believe they are doing anything wrong, said a Queensland University of Technology researcher.


Chinese site to steer users to legit music source

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A free and legal song download service says it now will be getting traffic from China's largest search engine, which is trying to reduce online music piracy.


n December, the RIAA said it will stop suing people who download music illegally

US woman to pay 1.92 mln dlrs in music piracy case

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created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (9) | comments 32

A US jury has ordered a 32-year-old woman to pay nearly two million dollars in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs over the Internet in a high-profile digital piracy case.


Music downloading hearing can't be streamed online

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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.


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

Minimal damages sought in Mass. song-download case

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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.


Punishing Innocent Downloaders Violates Free Speech, Professor Argues

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created Oct 31, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 0

As record labels are dramatically increasing lawsuits over music piracy, a University of Arkansas law professor argues that the law's automatic punishment of illegal downloading violates the First Amendment.


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 ...


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

Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case

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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.



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