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Atty: MN woman can't pay for sharing songs

(AP) -- A Minnesota woman ordered to pay a recording industry trade group $1.5 million for illegally sharing music online doesn't plan to pay those damages as her attorneys continue to argue the amount is unconstitutional, ...

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created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case

(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 ...

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




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Record companies plan music downloading appeal

(AP) -- Recording industry attorneys are appealing a recent ruling that reduced the amount of money a Minnesota woman must pay for willfully violating the copyrights of 24 songs.

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created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6

The guerilla roots of the Skype calling service

In buying Skype, Microsoft is getting one of the rare companies that has turned its name into a verb, like Xerox or Google. "Let's Skype" is a phrase understandable, with slight translation, in much of the ...

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created May 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5B (Update)

(AP) -- Imagine using your Xbox and switching from a game to a video chat with a faraway friend holding an iPad. Or going into your office email to invite Grandma to a virtual family reunion beamed on TV ...

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created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

1.5-million-dollar verdict in US music piracy case

A US jury has ordered a Minnesota woman to pay 1.5 million dollars for illegally downloading 24 songs in a high-profile digital piracy case.

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created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 68

How a smart, decentralized Energy Web is essential for managing renewable energy sources

(PhysOrg.com) -- A decade ago, Gnutella, Kazaa and other early peer-to-peer (P2P) systems showed that a decentralized approach to managing large-scale, widely distributed systems could offer many essential ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (15) | comments 8 | with audio podcast feature

File-sharing software potential threat to health privacy

The personal health and financial information stored in thousands of North American home computers may be vulnerable to theft through file-sharing software, according to a research study published online today in the Journal of ...

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created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Judge slashes 'monstrous' fine in music piracy case

Condemning a two-million-dollar fine meted out to a Minnesota woman for illegally downloading music over the Internet as "monstrous and shocking," a judge has slashed the penalty to 54,000 dollars.

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created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Joost assets bought by online ad company Adconion

(AP) -- The struggling online video startup Joost, begun with much fanfare by the creators of Skype and Kazaa, has been sold to an online advertising company.

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mass. student on trial admits sharing tunes online

(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 ...

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

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

(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.

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


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