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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • RIAA warns individual swappers

    The Recording Industry Association of America said it has sent cease-and-desist letters to five people whom it suspects of illegally offering massive amounts of copyrighted music through peer-to-peer networks.

  • 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.

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  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

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