Related tags:
music + (102)
piracy + (68)
riaa + (68)
Law + (58)
brokenlink + (56)
filesharing + (47)
intellectualproperty + (44)
p2p + (41)
DMCA + (34)
napster + (29)
art + (26)
mp3 + (25)
mpaa + (23)
fairuse + (21)
ip + (19)
lawsuit + (18)
publicdomain + (18)
movies + (17)
internet + (16)
infringement + (16)
youtube + (16)
copyprotection + (15)
Google + (14)
canada + (14)
video + (13)
creativecommons + (12)
DRM + (12)
censorship + (12)
rights + (12)
technology + (12)
photography + (11)
legal + (10)
film + (10)
books + (10)
downloads + (10)
disney + (9)
copyleft + (9)
software + (9)
comics + (8)
PIPA + (8)
plagiarism + (8)
publishing + (8)
SOPA + (8)
trademark + (8)
ACTA + (7)
copyfight + (7)
congress + (7)
downloading + (7)
privacy + (7)
royalties + (7)
USA + (7)
media + (6)
Lessig + (6)
history + (6)
free + (6)
culture + (6)
COICA + (6)
bittorrent + (6)
book + (6)
opensource + (6)


Users that often use this tag:
jeffburdges (15)
mathowie (15)
stbalbach (8)
baylink (8)
anathema (7)
Steven Den Beste (7)
skallas (6)
Horace Rumpole (6)
Artw (6)
finite (4)
Toekneesan (4)
ZachsMind (4)
Mick (3)
da5id (3)
aaron (3)
Blue Stone (3)
Maxor (3)
zarq (3)
Kikkoman (3)
flapjax at midnite (3)
griphus (2)
motty (2)
Chocolate Pickle (2)
Joe Beese (2)
Marisa Stole the P... (2)
Avenger50 (2)
Blazecock Pileon (2)
ND¢ (2)
IronLizard (2)
starman (2)
divabat (2)
goodnewsfortheinsane (2)
shawnj (2)
mr.marx (2)
chunking express (2)
feelinglistless (2)
DiplomaticImmunity (2)
Ljubljana (2)
hairyeyeball (2)
XQUZYPHYR (2)
caddis (2)
amberglow (2)
dash_slot- (2)
Blake (2)
mrgrimm (2)
tpoh.org (2)
me3dia (2)
xowie (2)
waxpancake (2)
aflakete (2)
Brilliantcrank (2)
silusGROK (2)
Jairus (2)
bkdelong (2)
quonsar (2)
cedar (2)
PWA_BadBoy (2)
grant (2)

"[A]lthough it is true that someone who copies a digital version of a sound recording has little incentive to purchase the recording through legitimate means, it does not necessarily follow that the downloader would have made a legitimate purchase if the recording had not been available for free," said US District court Judge James P. Jones, in response to the RIAA's request for restitution against the former admin of Elite Torrents, Daniel Dove, who has already been found guilty of conspiracy and felony copyright infringement. [more inside]
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing on Jan 21, 2009 - 110 comments

Hall & Oates are suing their publisher, Warner/Chappell Music Inc., claiming the publisher failed to enforce the copyright on their song "Maneater" and sue an unnamed singer-songwriter (quite possibly Nelly Furtado) for infringement. The only problem is, Timbaland and Nate "Danja" Hills - the composers of the Furtado track - also work for Warner/Chappel Music. What happens when publishers don't protect songwriters from other songwriters working for the same publisher.
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing on Nov 23, 2008 - 45 comments