The RIAA is increasing the pressure it puts on colleges and universities to restrict activities on school networks, sending thousands more complaints to top universities this school year than it did last year.
A few schools, including Ohio and Purdue universities, already have received more than 1,000 complaints accusing individual students since last fall. For students [...]
The personal computer is moving from being a workstation to being a life- and video-entertainment hub, according to new research. More than half of those surveyed had viewed a DVD on a computer, and a quarter of those surveyed had watched a streaming TV show on their computer.
The study also found that most do not [...]
VeriSign and Adobe have announced their intent to collaborate on integrating Adobe Flash technologies with VeriSign’s peer assisted content distribution technology. The first phase of the expected collaboration consists of VeriSign incorporating Adobe Flash Media Server 2 into its new globally deployed Intelligent Content Delivery Network (CDN), letting publishers deliver high fidelity video on-demand and [...]
The venerable BBC has announced plans to offer hundreds of episodes of its programs on a file-sharing network for the first time, Azureus’ Zudeo. Until now, most BBC programmes found on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks have been illegal copies.
Azureus is best known for developing a BitTorrent client, or program, that allows large media files to be [...]
A Chicago woman is suing Kazaa, a controversial person-to-person file-sharing network, on behalf of customers sued by the RIAA for “Shared File Folders”*.
The lead plaintiff, Catherine Lewan, is a Kazaa customer who was sued by the RIAA for her use of Kazaa, and paid a settlement to the RIAA.
In her complaint Lewan alleges that:
Kazaa deceptively [...]
BitTorrent has announced a slate of partnerships with a variety of leading film and television companies, including 20th Century Fox, G4, Kadokawa Pictures USA, Lionsgate, MTV Networks, Palm Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Starz Media.
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol that lets users share large files , while minimizing bandwidth charges for distributors.
“BitTorrent has [...]
LimeWire has filed a claim against the RIAA for antitrust violations, consumer fraud, and other misconduct.
LimeWire claims (PDF) that the music industry conspired to destroy any online music distribution service they did not own or control, or force such service to do business with them on an exclusive and/or other anticompetitive terms.
arvato mobile, a leading European mobile entertainment provider, has announced a collective licensing deal with The Association of Independent Music (AIM), a non-profit trade that represents UK independent record labels. The agreement will allow repertoire from AIM’s 900+ member labels to be made available, on an opt-in basis, across Europe and Japan over arvato [...]
Warner Music Group and Brilliant Technologies Corporation today announced an agreement to offer music from Warner artists for streaming and limited download on Brilliant’s Qtrax legal peer-to-peer (P2P) music network.
Qtrax is an ad-supported P2P digital content distribution system designed to provide the legal sharing, distribution and intellectual property protection of content while driving new revenue [...]
MoveDigital has announced the availability of a new pay as you go digital distribution service. The service is designed to make it easy for anyone to share files in any digital format on a worldwide basis and eliminates monthly bills, contracts, and credit checks.A free 30-day trial, no credit card required, is available and includes [...]