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Is The RIAA Getting Into The Hardware Game?
2008-07-09 01:15:00 There are a couple of unconfirmed stories swirling around the Blogosphere implicating our good buddies in the RIAA of intimidating hardware manufacturers, most notably Dell, Gateway, and in Europe Packard Bell. The systems are laptops that use the SigmaTel audio chip. Both Gizmodo and Electronista are claiming that the chip has been hobbled on purpose ...
RIAA: Fr
2008-05-27 05:02:00 Die ehemalige leitende Geschäftsführerin des amerikanischen Verbands der Musikindustrie RIAA, Hilary Rosen wechselt den Beruf und auch den Arbeitgeber. Künftig ist die 50-Jährige bei der Internetzeitung The Huffington Post THP beschäftigt und wird sich dort um den Schwerpunkt Politologie kümmernQuelle
RIAA vs. Tanya Anderson: Wir haben nichts falsch gemacht!
2008-05-23 16:34:00 Faire Spieler wissen, wann der richtige Zeitpunkt zum Aufhören gekommen ist. Nicht so die RIAA. Nach ihrer vermeintlichen Niederlage gegen Tanya Anderson, klagte diese auf Übernahme sämtlicher Kosten. Die RIAA weigert sich indes vehement, Anderson auch nur einen Penny zu übergeben. Eine insgesamt 28 Seiten umfassende Stellungnahme an das Gericht verlangt eine Ablehnung sämtlicher Kosten, ...
RIAA Certifications - Journey's Greatest Hits Goes to 15 Million
2008-05-20 08:00:00 Here are the latest singles, albums and videos by veteran artists that have been given gold and platinum certification by the RIAA.Multi-Platinum Albums (each platinum certification indicates one million units sold)Greatest Hits - Journey - 15 times platinumPlatinum Albums (1,000,000 units sold)NoneGold Albums (500,000 units sold)20th Century Masters: The Best Of - WhitesnakeOne Man Band - James TaylorThe Complete Greatest Hits - Gordon LightfootTroubadour - George StraitJose Feliciano Y Amigos - Jose FelicianoPlatinum Singles (1,000,000 sold)Eye of the Tiger - Survivor Into the Night - Santana Gold Singles (500,000 sold)You Want to Make a Memory - Bon JoviAnother Brick in the Wall (Part II) - Pink FloydMulti-Platinum Long Form Videos (200,000+ units sold)R30 - RushPlatinum Long Form Videos (100,000 units sold)Lost Highway: The Concert - Bon JoviSongs From the Seventies - Barry ManilowGold Long Form Videos (50,000 units sold)Farewell Concert - Statler Brothers
RIAA Hits A Road Block
2008-05-18 00:10:00 The only case that our friends at the RIAA have won so far in their quest to stop music piracy is now about to take an interesting new twist. Last year, Jammie Thomas became the poster child for the RIAA, the person that in their opinion was lower than a snakes belly. For ‘file sharing’ something ...
RIAA: Jetzt d
2008-05-17 08:22:00 Tanya Anderson, welche von der RIAA wegen illegalem Filesharing verklagt wurde, hat ihren Widersachern nun einen heftigen Dämpfer verpasst. Nachdem gegen sie kein Erfolg verzeichnet werden konnte, gab Andersen bekannt, dass sie mit allen Mitteln die Kosten für den Rechtsstreit zurückerlangen wolle. Dies ist ihr nun wirklich gelungen. Ein Sieg, wie er süßer nicht schmecken ...
RIAA Takes Two to the Jaw
2008-05-16 21:39:00 Today, May 16, 2008 will likely be the RIAA’s Pearl Harbor. On this day, (a day that will live in infamy for the cruelly manhandled recipients of RIAA extortion letters), a U.S. District Court Judge, Michael Davis noted in a brief that he gave erroneous instructions to the jury and might require a ...
By: Daily Nonsense
El tiro por la culata: la RIAA deberá indemnizar a una persona a la que hab
2008-05-16 17:28:00 En febrero del 2005, la RIAA demandó a una madre soltera y discapacitada llamada Tanya Andersen por compartir música mediante el programa P2P KaZaA, muy popular por aquellos días. ¿Un caso más? No exactamente: la inculpada, lejos de amilanarse, no sólo negó los cargos que se le imputaban sino que además contraatacó y acusó a la industria discográfica por extorsión, fraude y prácticas comerciales engañosas. Tras dos años de batalla judicial en los que la RIAA fue incapaz de probar que Andersen hubiera compartido canciones con otros internautas, la organización que agrupa a los sellos musicales estadounidenses arrojó la toalla en junio del 2007 y aceptó pagar las costas del juicio. Sabiéndose ya victoriosa, Andersen solicitó una compensación económica de 300.000 dólares en concepto de gastos judiciales y por los honorarios de su abogado. La RIAA, ni que decir tiene, consideró desproporcionada esta cantidad y solicitó pagar una cifra no superior a los 30.000 dólares. Esta semana, fi...
RIAA defendant Jammie Thomas may get new trial
2008-05-16 02:50:00 RIAA defendant Jammie Thomas may get new trialFederal judge who presided over first RIAA peer-to-peer trial says he may grant new trial because of possibly flawed jury instruction. h-ttp://www.news.com/8301-13578_3--9945643-38.html?part=rss&s-u...
RIAA Loses A Piece of One
2008-05-15 23:26:00 Yes folks were talking the Tanya Anderson case. The one where RIAA accused her of downloading files even though she does not have sharing software loaded and their own expert testified that she had not done so. The outcome is that the RIAA must pay $108,000 in legal fees so far. The class action suit, ...
By: Third Pipe
Das Konzept der RIAA: Filesharer werden auf zweierlei Wegen belangt
2008-05-14 21:05:00 Vergangene Woche äußerte sich der Vizepräsident der Organisation Educause über die beiden hauptsächlichen Vorgehensweisen der RIAA, wenn diese gegen amerikanische Universitäten vorgehen. Dabei käme entweder der DMCA oder direkte Abschlagsforderungen in Betracht, je nachdem wie intensiv das Filesharing betrieben wurdeQuelle
Anti-Filesharing-Lobbyismus: RIAA unter Druck seitens der Universit
2008-05-13 19:44:00 Während in manchen Nationen Regelungen zum Aussperren von Filesharer behandelt werden, ohne das dies eine wütende Resonanz seitens der Bevölkerung hätte, beginnen die Unis in den USA inzwischen vehement gegen die RIAA vorzugehen. Diese versucht nämlich ihren Einfluss auf die Legislative immer mehr auszubauen. Der Gegenwind, den ihnen die Universitäten dabei bieten, ist nicht zu ...
Anti-Filesharing-Lobbyismus: RIAA unter Druck seitens der Universit
2008-05-13 19:43:00 Während in manchen Nationen Regelungen zum Aussperren von Filesharer behandelt werden, ohne das dies eine wütende Resonanz seitens der Bevölkerung hätte, beginnen die Unis in den USA inzwischen vehement gegen die RIAA vorzugehen. Diese versucht nämlich ihren Einfluss auf die Legislative immer mehr auszubauen. Der Gegenwind, den ihnen die Universitäten dabei bieten, ist nicht zu ...
This Will Make Comcast Very Unhappy?Oh and the RIAA.
2008-05-12 21:29:00 Well there is a new P2P in town — Alliance. Has all the usual attributes of a P2P. But it does not stop there. First, it does not indiscriminately look for traffic partners. Those are set up by the Alliance participants. Sort of like a ‘Friends and Family Plan’ P2P. The second is the ...
By: Third Pipe
Según la RIAA "el DRM no está muerto"
2008-05-12 02:15:00 El DRM ha sido uno de los mayores fracasos que han vivido en sus carnes las discográficas y las productoras de cine en la era Internet. Con la excusa de que necesitaban proteger los derechos de autor de la supuesta piratería, durante años han tratado ... Link: Abadía Digital Tags: sido, mayores, fracasos, vivido, carnes, discográficas, productoras, ...
RIAA sucht Kontakt zur Legislative: Gesetz soll Unis zur P2P
2008-05-10 15:48:00 Wie durch Vertreter von Hochschulen bekannt wurde, strebt die RIAA und die MPAA unter Zuhilfenahme der Legislative einen Gesetzesentwurf an. Dieser soll die Universitäten dazu zwingen, den P2P Datenverkehr auf illegale Aktivitäten hin zu überwachen. Werden solche festgestellt, sollen sie dafür Sorge tragen, dass dieser unterbunden wird. Dafür soll teure Software angeschafft werden, die dies ...
Según la RIAA "el DRM no está muerto"
2008-05-09 11:35:00 El DRM ha sido uno de los mayores fracasos que han vivido en sus carnes las discográficas y las productoras de cine en la era Internet. Con la excusa de que necesitaban proteger los derechos de autor de la supuesta piratería, durante años han tratado de restringir el uso que le dábamos a canciones y películas que comprábamos, limitando, entre otras cosas, el número de soportes y las veces que podíamos reproducirlas. Afortunadamente, el tiempo ha puesto a cada cual en su sitio y esta tecnología, convertida en su día en el maná que salvaría a la industria de los contenidos de la maldad infinita de los internautas, ha ido pasando a un segundo plano y es de esperar que en unos años se pierda en el olvido. Pero hasta que eso suceda, determinadas entidades ligadas a este sector van a tratar por todos los medios de vendernos las bondades del sistema siempre que puedan. Contra toda lógica y contra viento y marea, van a intentar reanimar al muerto las veces que sean necesarias. Y es que, p...
Decider 1, RIAA 0
2008-05-09 06:05:00 Decider 1, RIAA 0Sorry, but I've got to assume the record labels aren't this callous about the wishes of their customers. Then again, maybe I'm guilty of a Panglossian world view. http://w-ww.news.com/8301-10787_3-993987-2-60.html?part=rss&sub...
Decider 1, RIAA 0
2008-05-09 04:15:00 Decider 1, RIAA 0Sorry, but I've got to assume the record labels aren't this callous about the wishes of their customers. Then again, maybe I'm guilty of a Planglossian world view. http://w-ww.news.com/8301-10787_3-993987-2-60.html?part=rss&su...
Decider 1, RIAA 0
2008-05-09 03:15:00 Decider 1, RIAA 0Sorry but I've got to assume that the record labels aren't this callous about the wishes of their customers. Then again, maybe I'm guilty of a Planglossian world view. http://w-ww.news.com/8301-10787_3-993987-2-60.html?part=rs...
Bombardement mit Briefen: RIAA Mitteilungen an Universit
2008-05-03 23:19:00 Totgeglaubte leben länger ist ein Ausspruch, der für P2P Netzwerke und deren Nutzer, sowie für die RIAA mehr als zutreffend sein mag. Insbesondere Letztere verdeutlichen jüngst wieder, dass man sie nicht unterschätzen darf. Deren ausgiebige Drohgebärden dürfen nun insbesondere die Universitäten erleben, die neuerdings eine immense Brieflast mit Filesharervorwürfen zu bearbeiten habenQuelle
District Court of Arizona : RIAA muss sich neue Klageschriften
2008-05-02 21:58:00 Die RIAA Verband der Musikindustrie in den USA sieht sich aktuell massiven Problemen gegenüber, nachdem ein Gericht im US-Bundesstaat Arizona die Hauptanschuldigung jeder Klage der RIAA zerlegte. Darin wird den Beklagten das zur Verfügung stellen im Shared-Ordner und nicht der eigentliche Transfer der Musikdateien angekreidet. Der District Court legte jetzt fest, was mit Verteilen gemeint ...
IU Gets Spike Of RIAA Notices
2008-05-01 19:42:00 IU Official Says Info Doesn’t Match Wired reports that Indiana University — as well as other universities around the midwest — are getting a lot of copyright infringement notices from the RIAA, but that the information contained in the notices doesn’t match what university computer records show. Indiana University says that starting on April 21, the Recording Industry Association of America began sending 80 legal notices a day to the university, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Typically, the university handles less than 100 such notices a month from the RIAA, the Motion Picture Association of America and HBO combined. The DMCA notices include information about a specific IP address, file sharing protocol and named infringing file. Indiana University’s tech staff routinely compare those details against the university’s logs to make sure that the allegations are accurate, according to Mark Bruhn, an associate vice president of IU&rs...
Disorder in the Court; RIAA Freaked
2008-05-01 03:48:00 The RIAA is perplexed. To a certain extent so am I. But a judge has ruled that just because a file is in a Kaazaa directory does not meet the definition of ‘distribution’. The confusing part? This very same judge ruled otherwise in a similar RIAA case against a different party. In most cases, ...
By: Third Pipe
Followup: RIAA loses on shared folders
2008-05-01 01:05:00 As a followup to our previous story on the RIAA's legal woes, now one of their fundamental legal premises has been denied.From PCWorld:The Recording Industry Association of America suffered a legal setback this week in a music piracy case where a judge ruled that the sole act of making a music file available in a "shared folder" does not violate copyright laws.In Atlantic v. Howell, the RIAA made the legal assertion that a "sound recording" that is ripped to a computer and stored in any kind of a shared folder is unauthorized. This was an interesting statement because a shared folder can be a very broad category that wasn't entirely made clear by the RIAA.This RIAA theory on "making available" files in "shared folders" wasn't taken lightly by much of the Internet as many blogs and other sites provided misinformation that the act of ripping tracks from a CD to a shared folder was now deemed illegal. To be clear the RIAA doesn't considering ripping illegal, rather loading up MP3s ...
By: Wikilaw
RIAA Dealt Blow in Copyright Case
2008-04-30 14:40:00 The RIAA has contended that the simple act of making music files available to file sharing programs like KaZaA constitutes infringement. In fact, in this particular case, Atlantic v. Howell, Judge Neil V. Wake had originally granted the RIAA a summary judgement against the Howell’s. This judgement was based upon the premise that ...
By: Daily Nonsense
RIAA Sues A Music Player
2008-04-29 21:16:00 -slowly bangs his head on his desk- Why does the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) insist on being such monumental asses? Is it a game to them? Some sort of, “Hey, let’s see if we can get away with… THIS” game of chicken they play with the music industry as a whole? Their latest ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "RIAA Sues A Music Player", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/-04/29/riaa-sues-a-music-player/-" });
By: SeanPAune.com
Accused music pirate turns the tables on the RIAA
2008-04-29 01:27:00 Geeks are Sexy Technology News – By Mark O?Neill I think I have just found my new hero. A 45 year old single mother, who was accused of stealing music on the internet, was subsequently sued by the RIAA and who was vindicated, has now decided to turn the tables against her former accusers – by suing THEM for $5 million for ... read more
Woman wins defense against RIAA, sues back
2008-04-28 21:23:00 And good for her.From BusinessWeek magazine:After being sued by the music industry for stealing songs and winning the case's dismissal, Andersen is now taking the record industry to court. Her case is aimed at exposing investigative practices that are controversial and may be illegal, according to the lawsuit. One company hired by the record industry, she claims, snoops through people's computers, uncovering private files and photos, even though it has no legal right to do so. A different industry-backed company uses tactics similar to those of debt collectors, pressuring people to pay thousands of dollars in settlements even before any wrongdoing is proven. In Andersen's case, the industry's Settlement Support Center said that unless she paid $4,000 to $5,000 immediately, it would "ruin her financially," the suit alleges.Sounds fair enough. The RIAA is well known for having a sue first, demand settlement, investigate if there was actually any wrongdoing later attitude.Andersen ...
By: Wikilaw
Who Runs RIAA?s Settlement Information Center?
2008-04-28 19:34:00 eatonwood writes “Who is behind the RIAA’s collections efforts? This comment at CallFerret says it is a company called PSC and lists a bunch of websites and contact information for them, but the connection to RIAA is still not completely clear (aside from the presence of a couple of clearly RIAA sites on the same ...
By: Pundit
La RIAA atrapada en sus propias redes
2008-04-28 14:02:00 Me entero por un artículo en Business Week de la existencia de Tanya Andersen, ama de casa, 45 años, con hijos a su cargo y con una pensión por discapacidad de 1.400 dólares mensuales, ha sido un de las ciudadanas norteamericanas denunciadas por la RIAA (Sociedad de derechos de autor) por descargarse música de forma ...
By: Gurusblog
Musikindustrie: Lobbyarbeit hat RIAA zwei Million Dollar gekostet
2008-04-22 00:21:00 In ihrem verpflichteten Jahresbericht hat der Verband der Musikindustrie der USA RIAA eingestanden, fast 2,1 Million US-Dollar für Lobbyarbeit im US-Kongress ausgegeben zu haben. Das Geld ist dabei nicht nur in die Einführung von strengeren Copyright-Gesetzen geflossen, sondern auch in ein Gesetz für obligatorische Lizenzgebühren von Radiosendern sowie eine neue Regelung zur Finanzierung von HochschulenQuelle
Uni Arizona: RIAA l
2008-04-22 00:21:00 Eine erneute Schlappe für die Lobbyisten der Musikindustrie Von 14 Studenten, deren Tausch von Musik über P2P-Netze im Internet von der Recording Industry Association of America RIAA protokolliert wurde, weigerten sich zwölf, den Forderungen der Musikindustrie nachzugeben. Zwei davon reichten Beschwerde ein, zehn kommen ohne Verfahren und finanzielle Folgen davonQuelle
Homeless? The RIAA Don?t Care, ?We Still Sue?!
2008-04-18 23:12:00 In what can only be viewed as bizarre, the RIAA have hit new lows in their fruitless attempt to prevent music piracy. They have gone after children, the computer inept, even the dead, in their relentless quest for justice. Now they have decided that the homeless should be caught in the net. Of course it ...
RIAA erh
2008-04-18 20:17:00 Die RIAA ist seit etwa einem Jahr für ihre neue rigide Vorgehensweise gegen amerikanische Universitäten aufgefallen. Diesen wurden Briefe zugesandt, in welchen der Universität mitgeteilt wurde, dass Studenten über das Universitätsnetzwerk illegales Filesharing betrieben hätten, und man unter anderem die Herausgabe der Namen der Studenten verlange, die darin involviert waren. Die Marshall University versuchte sich ...
RIAA Spends 2.8 Million Dollars Lobbying in DC
2008-04-18 14:56:00 Here’s an interesting factoid… Rather than paying the recording artist their due the RIAA spent 2.8 million dollars last year lobbying in Washington for stricter copyright laws and and overall better legal climate. Without that climate they certainly couldn’t have extorted more than $200,000 dollars from that woman who downloaded 24 songs off ...
By: Daily Nonsense
Will The RIAA Be Calling The President?
2008-04-07 23:33:00 In December of last year, I discussed that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) had changed their position on the legality of making MP3s from your own CDs. While they had at one time said it was okay, in recent court cases that have been taking the tact that it is technically illegal ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Will The RIAA Be Calling The President?", url: "http://www.seanpaune.com/2008/-04/07/will-the-riaa-be-calling--the-president/" });
By: SeanPAune.com
An Interview With Ray Beckerman About The RIAA
2008-04-06 03:09:00 If you are an internet music listener, the name Ray Beckerman will not be an unknown one. Ray has become the one shining star in the dark world that the music industry would prefer we live in. The Recording Industry of America Association (RIAA) supposedly is a loose industry group that assists the music giants ...
RIAA to help enforcing the GPL
2008-04-06 02:18:00 Free/Iliad is a French Internet provider with a whooping €1B in revenues. Its founder Xavier Niel boasts being a very profitable business with all salaries representing only a few percents of Free’s revenues: a performance that might be better explained by the amount of open source leveraged by their massive infrastructure.
By: Server Tales
RIAA to help enforcing the GPL
2008-04-06 02:18:00 Free/Iliad is a French Internet provider with a whooping €1B in revenues. Its founder Xavier Niel boasts being a very profitable business with all salaries representing only a few percents of Free’s revenues: a performance that might be better explained by the amount of open source leveraged by their massive infrastructure.
By: Server Tales
Maine vs the RIAA
2008-04-03 02:02:00 Well Maine is at it again. Or I should save the Univ of Maine School of Law. These hot shots have already won one suit against the RIAA. Now they are after the RIAA in another way — They want to attack the Joe Doe process essentially shutting down how the RIAA does discovery. ...
By: Third Pipe
RIAA - Come on guys, pony up!
2008-03-27 15:38:00 In yet another case the RIAA is dragging it’s feet in paying a bill. Not only that, but it’s arguing about the validity of the bill as well. No, I’m not talking about all of the monies that the thieving association has won in it’s incessant litigation against college students and single moms. The fact ...
By: Daily Nonsense
RIAA Headed For The Supreme Court?
2008-03-25 20:30:00 Well if disgruntled San Antonia resident Cliff Thompson has his way they will be. Cliff was on the receiving end of a RIAA lawsuit over downloading pirated music through KaZaA in 2006. The problem was though, it was not Mr. Thompson that was the culprit. Once again the RIAA had used the shaky stance of ...
RIAA Certifications - Very Best of the Eagles Goes Five-Times Platinum
2008-03-19 03:10:00 Here are the latest singles, albums and videos by classic artists that have been given gold and platinum certification by the RIAA.Multi-Platinum Albums (each platinum certification indicates one million units sold)The Very Best of - Eagles - 5 times platinumMothership - Led Zeppelin - 2 times platinumPlatinum Albums (1,000,000 units sold)20th Century Masters: The Best of - The WhoRaising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison KraussAnimal House - SoundtrackGold Singles (500,000 sold)Into the Night - SantanaMulti-Platinum Long Form Videos (200,000+ units sold)Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 - Various ArtistsThe Concert For Bangladesh - George Harrison & FriendsKissology Volume 3 1992-2000 - KissPlatinum Long Form Videos (100,000 units sold)Iron Maiden: Live & Death - Iron MaidenClassic Album: Metallica - MetallicaRemember That Night: Live At The Royal Albert Hall - David GilmourGold Long Form Videos (50,000 units sold)Soundstage - The DoorsNo One Here Gets Out Alive -...
RIAA Shall Die?
2008-03-18 19:49:00 If the Andersen v. Atlantic wasn’t bad enough now there are rumblings that various artists are considering bringing suit against the RIAA on funds not received for suits won. They want their fair share – A contingent of prominent artist managers claims that little to none of that money has trickled down to their ...
By: Third Pipe
Kazaa downloads cost one man $750 per song in RIAA suit
2008-03-18 04:41:00 The RIAA won a pair of victories last week as a judge finally awarded the labels a default judgment in a case where the defendant never showed up in 1 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
Download Tax? Another Great Idea From The RIAA Think Tank
2008-03-18 02:54:00 Actually is was not the RIAA that came up with this gem, it certainly came from their Canadian counterpart the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). If everyone is downloading illegal music, so the story goes, lets tax everyone $5 a month! In simple terms, everyone that has Internet access would now have an additional item ...
RIAA: Tanya Andersen will vor Gericht die Details der Ermittlungsverfahren
2008-03-18 02:07:00 Tanya Andersen hat wie erwartet ihre Klage gegen die RIAA erneuert. Noch letzten Monat hat sie im Kampf gegen die Antipiratenorganisation vor Gericht verloren. Beobachter schätzen die Erfolgsaussichten der Klägerin als sehr schwierig ein. Ihr dürfte es ohne stichhaltige Beweise schwerfallen, die Machenschaften von RIAA und MediaSentry infrage zu stellen oder die Firmen dazu zu ...
RIAA Wants Songwriters to Get Less Royalties
2008-03-14 17:48:00 In pursuit of their mission to suck the lifeblood and very souls from the musicians who provide the real product in the music industry, the RIAA is seeking to lower the royalty rate that the artist gets for each downloaded track from its current 4.5 cents per song to about 2.5 cents a song. 4.5 ...
By: Daily Nonsense
The RIAA, Problems All Around, Will They Have To Lift Their Skirts?
2008-03-14 04:40:00 The RIAA is The Recording Industry of America Association, or to put it into easy to understand terms, they are the folks suing everyone (and likely their own grandmothers) for illegal music downloading on the internet. At the last count they had filed more than 20,000 suits. They are not particularly careful about who the ... |
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