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Illegal File Sharing Case Poses $675,000 Question For Supreme Court
17 May 21:40 GMT

… dangers of illegally downloading and sharing music. For downloading 30 songs … sum that would make any file sharer think twice before downloading … the explosion of peer-to-peer file sharing networks like Grokster and Napster in the … then $1.5 million for sharing 24 songs. Tenenbaum was able …
'Viacom v. YouTube' Decision Revisits DMCA Safe Harbor
2 May 03:01 GMT

… . Civil suits that vanquished Aimster, Grokster and others have not restored … of related videos. A fourth software function--"third-party syndication… overreaching)--or that unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing of copyrighted works could be …
Music rights agency Merlin wins illegal file sharing battle with LimeWire
1 Mar 15:42 GMT

… long-running legal battle over illegal file sharing. The out-of-court settlement, which is … of peer-to-peer filesharing networks after Grokster, Kazaa, eDonkey and Napster folded … major labels for $115m and Grokster agreed to pay up to …
Pinterest: Is It A Facebook Or A Grokster?
10 Feb 23:59 GMT

… successor to other innovators—from Grokster to the Beastie Boys—who … a fine legal line between sharing and theft. In recent months … easier for rights holders to file a report.” In the bigger … that shut down music-sharing site Grokster. For Pinterest, the legal issues …
RIAA spokeswoman attempts to rewrite history claiming file sharing lawsuits succeeded
8 Dec 07:50 GMT

… the entertainment industry in the Grokster case. As to Kennedy… was label mandated DRM, not file sharing, that created the biggest barrier … weren't aware sharing music over P2P networks was legal before … than the lawsuits against individual file sharers. Of course, as we …
Why The Supreme Court's 'Grokster' Decision Led To More, Not Less, P2P Filesharing
24 Nov 00:33 GMT

… "Grokster" decision, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that file sharing networks … respond to the challenges of P2P file sharing led to the opposite of … increase in the availability of P2P file sharing software. The failure of the law …
How litigation only spurred on P2P file sharing
11 Nov 02:15 GMT

… Supreme Court decided Grokster, there were more individual P2P applications available than … necessary to the creation of P2P file sharing software. It can be so inexpensive … increase in the availability of P2P file sharing software. The failure of the law …
Musicians, songwriters: P2P ruling rocks
7 Jul 21:43 GMT

Source: ZD Net Written By Michael Kanellos If there’s one group that seems excited about the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in the Grokster file-sharing case, it’s the people in the studio. Many musicians, songwriters and music publishers reacted …
Music File Sharing on LimeWire Will Cost $105 Million
13 May 21:40 GMT

… to stop facilitating peer-to-peer music file sharing, LimeWire went out of business … , Tower Research Capital, and the software company Lime Medical. The recording … ;s unanimous ruling in the Grokster case -- designing and operating …
Report: Fewer Web Users Getting Music From P2P Networks
24 Mar 23:18 GMT

… Limewire to disable its file-sharing software. U.S. District Court Judge … after Limewire stopped offering the software, NPD reports. Even more significantly … a year. Unlike Napster, Limewire, Grokster and other peer-to-peer sites, however …
US wants to wire-tap suspected P2P pirates
17 Mar 09:06 GMT

… now wants to wire-tap suspected P2P pirates. The US White House … was the man who shut Grokster, however lately he was involved …
Congress to crack down on file sharing
12 Feb 01:17 GMT

… ways to rein in peer-to-peer file sharing Wednesday, September 28, which was … file-sharing services Grokster and StreamCast were at fault because their software, used … on the issue of illegal file sharing and providing school administrators with …
President Obama to Appoint the Lawyer Who Helped Kill Grokster as Solicitor General
25 Jan 01:30 GMT

… 2005 Grokster case, which resulted in a unanimous decision that P2P file-sharing … Thomas, who was convicted of sharing songs on Kazaa. Later, Verrilli … strong copyright laws. During the Grokster case, for example, Verrilli directed …
Panel calls for legislation to control new breed of software
17 Jan 08:38 GMT

… ;M NOT Speaking out against Software Downloads here! This news Video … Flagrantly advocating media piracy with software, both free AND Paid that … 2005 ruling in MGM v. Grokster, 125 S.Ct. 2764 (2005 …
The Big Hoax Of P2P Movie Download Sites
25 Nov 07:15 GMT

… to get p2p software such as Limewire, Morpheus, eDonkey2000 and Grokster, which is … It As mentioned earlier, all P2P file sharing programs are available for free … movie files provided by free P2P file sharing programs are the property of …
RIAA, MPAA, Best Online File Sharing guides
16 Nov 16:18 GMT

… the US Supreme Court in Grokster. On January 22, 2010, the … the highest rate of unauthorized file sharing of any OECD country according … a software plugin called “Xunlei Ting Ting” to the Xunlei software client … on the computers of each peer in the network and …
Musicians, songwriters: P2P ruling rocks
1 Nov 14:44 GMT

Source: ZD Net Written By Michael Kanellos If there’s one group that seems excited about the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in the Grokster file-sharing case, it’s the people in the studio. Many musicians, songwriters and music publishers reacted …
LimeWire Shutters File Sharing Services After RIAA Win
31 Oct 09:36 GMT

… “file distribution functionality.” It was the first case targeting a file sharing software maker following the 2005 Grokster decision, in which … . Its website had said its file sharing software is downloaded hundreds of thousands …
Digital Music Update: Apple Lets Loose, Grokster Wins in Court, and College Students Pay Up
31 Oct 03:42 GMT

… . True peer-to-peer services like Morpheus, Grokster, and Kazaa (which operates from … it accused of running a P2P network to trade music files … Internet bandwidth with DirectConnect filesharing software, which bypassed the school…
Legal experts: Like Grokster, LimeWire felled by secondary liability law
28 Oct 09:36 GMT

… 2005 dispute between MGM and P2P software maker Grokster . In that case, the … follows the blueprint in the Grokster case regarding inducement to infringe … of the largest distributors of P2P software with an estimated 8 million …
Judge Tells LimeWire, the File-Trading Service, to Disable Its Software
27 Oct 09:23 GMT

… , file trading and/or file distribution functionality” of the company’s file-sharing software … and the words, “downloading or sharing copyrighted content without authorization is … former Internet pirates Napster and Grokster, both of which lost legal …

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