The music industry’s broken business could change in 2015
Be careful what you wish for
The music business has been screwed up for a hopelessly long time, but change is afoot: Congress, courts and the Justice Department are…
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In big setback for digital radio, court says SiriusXM must pay Turtles for pre-1972 recordings
In a ruling that could put major new costs on digital radio services, a judge ruled that the music industry can claim additional copyright in pre-1972 recordings under state law.
In royalties debate, Pandora’s Westergren hits back and iTunes Radio sets terms
The debate between Pandora and artists over royalty rates continues. And with Apple releasing the royalty terms for its soon-to-launch iTunes Radio, the plot thickens.
Indie Labels File Suit Against Limewire, Say They Got Stiffed In Settlement
Earlier this year, Limewire agreed to pay the major record labels $105 million to settle claims that it induced its users to break copyright…
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How iCloud And Its Competitors Could Lead To Copyright-Trolling Lawsuits
Now that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has launched its iCloud music service, it’s going to be scanning a whole lot of users’ music files. So what is t…
Limewire Case Settles, Mid-Trial, For $105 Million
The U.S. record industry has finally exacted its tribute from Limewire, the file-sharing service that was in operation for a decade and allo…
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RIAA Lawyer To Jury: Limewire Kicked Off Biggest Theft Of Music In History
The defunct file-sharing service Limewire is facing off with the record labels this week in front of a New York jury, and reports from the c…
RIAA v. Limewire: Record Labels Will Get Paid Twice For Some Downloads
The Limewire file-sharing service was shut down last year, and the only thing left now is to figure out how much money the now-illegal servi…
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Limewire Settles With Music Publishers But Keeps Fighting Record Labels
Limewire has been locked in a copyright battle with the big record labels since 2006. In May of last year, the peer-to-peer file-sharing ser…
Battle Over Limewire Damages Drags Google And MySpace Into The Fray
After a four year battle, the only issue remaining in the record labels’ lawsuit against the Limewire file-sharing network is the battle ove…
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Will New Solicitor General Take Harder Line On Copyright?
To fill the key legal post of Solicitor General, the Obama administration has turned to a lawyer with deep entertainment-industry roots who…
Can Record Labels Really Quantify The Damage From Limewire Downloads?
The record labels’ lawsuit against the Limewire file-sharing service is nearing its final stage-a January trial has been set to calculate th…
Jury Decides File-Sharing Mom Thomas-Rasset Has To Pay $1.5 Million
Only four jury verdicts have ever been rendered in cases involving peer-to-peer file-sharing — and one woman, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, has bee…
Get Ready For The Legal Skirmishes Over LimeWire Damages
Now that a U.S. court injunction has shut down the LimeWire file-sharing service, the only thing left for LimeWire lawyers to do is argue fo…
Get Ready For The Legal Skirmishes Over LimeWire Damages
Now that a court injunction has shut down the LimeWire file-sharing service, the only thing left for LimeWire lawyers to do is argue for low…
Court Rules Against LimeWire in Copyright Lawsuit
A New York court found LimeWire guilty of copyright infringement. Among the evidence used to convict LimeWire were Google Adsense ads that touted LimeWire as a replacement for Napster as well as testimony from the company’s former COO.
For Online Music, Is the Blame Game Finally Over?
It’s been a bloody decade for the music industry, with labels, musicians, startups and consumers pointing fingers and passing the blame around. But as the industry continues to shrink, most parties are realizing that it’s more productive to dispense with blame and start cooperating.
Verizon May Cozy Up to the RIAA
Verizon (s vz) may be joining the ranks of Internet service providers that send subscribers who illegally download or upload music files…
RIAA Wins Long-Standing Copyright Case Against Usenet
The RIAA has won a nearly two-year-old copyright infringement suit against news-sharing and communication network Usenet.com; the verdict co…
ISPs Sell You Out So They Can Sell You Shows
Executives from ISPs including Comcast (s CMCSA) and AT&T (s T) today clarified their roles when it comes to interfering in fights…
Another Victim of the Recession: Anti-Piracy
Some 95 percent of all digital music downloads continue to be pirated, according to estimates released today by music industry trade group…
Why the End of the RIAA Lawsuits Won’t Change Anything
The Recording Industry Association of America has decided to end its five-year-long lawsuit campaign against music file sharers, the Wall Street Journal…
Recording Industry Moves Away From Lawsuits, Enlists ISPs In Piracy Fight
After years of engaging in a largely futile campaign of lawsuits against illegal file-sharers, the Recording Industry Association of America…
RIAA Drops Lawsuit Strategy for "Three Strikes" Plan
The Recording Industry Association of America, which has spent the past five years suing tens of thousands of individual file-sharers for copyright…
Feb. 7, 2008: AOL, SugarCRM and RIAA Edition
ZDNet: Google Launches Free Team Edition of Apps NY Times: Time Warner Plans to Spin Off AOL’s Dial-Up Service AlleyInsider: EarthLink Q4…
