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  • RIAA embarks on new round of piracy suits

    The Recording Industry Association of America launched its largest wave of file-swapping lawsuits Wednesday, filing new copyright infringement suits against 532 currently unnamed individuals.

  • Online pirates strike ARIA as record sales climb

    The Australian Record Industry Association has continued to complain about online piracy, despite reporting unit sales increases of 12.8 percent in 2001.

  • RIAA lawsuits yield mixed results

    The recording industry this week claimed progress in a controversial legal campaign targeting individuals who use peer-to-peer networks, but its optimism appeared to clash with at least some of the evidence, which remains murky.

  • Altnet's patent allegations lose their sparkle

    Peer-to-peer technology company Altnet - which last month sent cease and desist letters to nine companies it suspected of infringing its patents - has agreed one of the companies was innocent.

  • 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.

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  • Copy, right?

    Commentary: As digital media shifts from CD-Rs to writeable DVDs, the question of copyright fair use isn't getting any less relevant.

  • Can the music industry change?

    In order to survive, the IT industry has gone through some big changes in the last few years. by contrast, the music industry still doesn't get it.

  • DVD to the rescue?

    Commentary: This radical proposal could save the music business and give consumers what they want.

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