Federal judge rules music file-sharing site liable for infringement
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday ruled that a music file-sharing site could be held liable for contributory copyright infringement. EMI , along with...
Record companies reach settlement with file-sharing site LimeWire
Several major record companies announced Thursday that they have reached a $105 million settlement with music file-sharing website LimeWire . A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York had issued a...
140 Characters to Copyright Infringement: Twitter Take-down Notices Raise Legal Questions
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Michael Mintz of My Media Labs says that while it makes perfect sense that copyright owners have been resorting to Twitter take-down notices in order to curb infringement, where secondary liability has been once removed infringement...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a permanent injunction Tuesday that will prevent music file-sharing website LimeWire from providing online users with the software necessary...
PITTSBURGH: Music, Copyrights, and Free Speech in the Digital Age
Joseph Schaeffer, Pitt Law '12, attended a panel on Music, Copyright, and Free Speech as part of the ACLU's Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll series at Carnegie Mellon University...In the past 10 to 15 years, music has gone from...
A US music industry trade group has filed another 750 lawsuits against individuals who allegedly used on-line file sharing networks to trade copyrighted songs illegally. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) , representing labels...
