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  • Labels battle to hold onto DMCA win

    The recording industry on Friday fought to preserve a preliminary courtroom victory, arguing that Verizon Communications has no choice but to hand over the identity of an alleged Kazaa music pirate.

  • In DMCA war, a fight over privacy

    On May 16, 2002, top executives from the Recording Industry Association of America gathered to celebrate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a controversial law that Congress enacted in hopes of curbing online piracy.

  • Why telecoms back the pirate cause

    Telecommunications lobbyists are lining up to oppose Hollywood's demands for new copyright laws. Verizon lawyer Sarah Deutsch explains what's behind this confrontation.

  • RIAA draws civil liberties opposition

    The American Civil Liberties Union is accusing the RIAA of illegally unmasking alleged file-swappers.

  • Verizon to hand names over to the RIAA

    Verizon Communications said Wednesday that it will turn over to a recording industry trade group the names of four anonymous subscribers accused of illegal file swapping, after an appellate panel denied the company's request for a delay.

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  • Kazaa finds friends in file-swapping fight

    Computer and telecommunications companies are allying with file-swapping service Kazaa in a bid to overhaul the way record labels are paid for music and other content distributed on the Net.

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