The first net service provider aimed at people who want to share music legally has struck a significant deal with global music giant Sony BMG. Playlouder MSP, launching at the end of September, will let...
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The UK record industry is suing 28 people in an attempt to stop them sharing music files over the internet. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) says the legal action is aimed at "major filesharers" and...
Wyatt Wasicek was so outraged by the recording industry's legal assault on users of free music-downloading sites that he decided to ride to the rescue. He created a program called AnonX that masks the Internet...
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered US computer and TV manufacturers to incorporate digital rights management (DRM) technology into their products by July 2005. The Commission wants to deter people from swapping free-to-air...
A research paper highlighting security weaknesses in a popular internet file-sharing network has raised concerns that innocent users could in theory be wrongly accused of sharing copyrighted music. The Recording Industry Association of...