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InternetNews
January 19, 2005
Roy Mark |
DOJ Scores First Criminal P2P Convictions The U.S. Department of Justice bagged its first-ever criminal convictions for peer-to-peer copyright theft Tuesday when two men arrested in last summer's Operation Digital Gridlock pleaded guilty.   |
InternetNews
August 25, 2004
Roy Mark |
DOJ Raids Private P2P Operation Authorities raided five residences and and an Internet service provider Wednesday morning in the first federal criminal enforcement action against private peer-to-peer networks. |
InternetNews
June 30, 2005
Roy Mark |
DOJ Hits Warez Networks Federal agents launch 70 raids aimed at first providers of illegally distributed copyrighted works. The arrested were all active on warez networks that distribute the copies illegally through the Internet. |
InternetNews
May 26, 2005 |
Feds Strike Back at 'Sith' Bootleggers Nationwide raids roust distributors of bootleg "Star Wars" film. |
PC World
December 13, 2001
Todd R. Weiss |
Feds Crack Software Piracy Rings Two-year probe targeted international groups illegally distributing software, games, and movies online... |
InternetNews
April 1, 2004
Roy Mark |
House Panel Endorses P2P Criminal Penalties Judiciary subcommittee passes legislation sanctioning prison time for suspects caught trading 1,000 or more copyrighted files online. |
InternetNews
September 13, 2006
Roy Mark |
Another Sith Pirate Meets Force of Law Third member of Elite Torrents copyright theft ring pleads guilty to Star Wars movie theft. |
InternetNews
September 29, 2005
Tim Gray |
College Kids Can't Avoid The Sound of Music Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) file another round of copyright infringement lawsuits against 757 individuals. |
InternetNews
October 21, 2005
Roy Mark |
P2P Outfit in False Ad Pinch The Federal Trade Commission won a temporary court order earlier this week to rein in the advertising practices of an Internet operation claiming "file-sharing is 100 percent legal." |
InternetNews
May 17, 2004 |
Feds Launch P2P Child Porno Sweep Multi-agency probe results in arrests of individuals using file-sharing software to distribute images of child pornography. |
InternetNews
August 4, 2005
Roy Mark |
Camcording Warez Dealer Bagged by Feds The Department of Justice announces its first arrests under a new law prohibiting recording movies in a theater. |
InternetNews
May 14, 2007
Roy Mark |
'Fastlink' Downs 50th Conspirator Feds continue law enforcement campaign targeting warez groups. |
InternetNews
July 28, 2005
Roy Mark |
Warez Warriors Wrapped Up by Feds The Department of Justice's (DoJ) crackdown on large-scale piracy continued today with the indictments of eight individuals for criminal copyright infringement. The individuals were active in the online 'warez' scene. |
InternetNews
August 25, 2004
Roy Mark |
RIAA Steps Up P2P Legal Campaign Undaunted by a landmark legal decision, the Recording Industry Association of America increases pressure on individual file swappers. |
InternetNews
November 11, 2005
Roy Mark |
Public Knowledge Pans AG's Copyright Proposal Digital rights group Public Knowledge picks apart legislation that puts copyright theft in criminal code. |
InternetNews
October 17, 2006
Roy Mark |
International Recording Industry Hits File Sharers Illegal peer-to-peer file sharers are facing more than 8,000 copyright infringement lawsuits in 17 countries, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. |
InternetNews
April 27, 2006
Roy Mark |
Feds Charge Five More in Warez Crackdown Five more individuals are facing criminal copyright charges as part of the Department of Justice's ongoing crackdown on warez dealers. |
InternetNews
November 7, 2005
Roy Mark |
Grokster Settles Up, Closes Down P2P pioneer Grokster closes its site as part of settlement following landmark Supreme Court decision. |
InternetNews
June 29, 2006
Roy Mark |
More Warez Dealers Head to Jail Operation FastLink, the two-year-old FBI undercover investigation targeting organized Internet piracy groups known as warez dealers, claimed two more pirates Wednesday. |
InternetNews
February 21, 2007
Roy Mark |
Feds Finally Extradite Alleged Warez Kingpin Hew Raymond Griffiths, an alleged warez kingpin, appeared in a U.S. district court and was charged with conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and criminal copyright infringement. |
InternetNews
February 18, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft's Do Not Open Letter The world's largest software company moves to defend its copyright on leaked Windows code. |
InternetNews
June 29, 2006
Roy Mark |
Curtains For NYC 'Cammer' Movie Pirates Three-year investigation accuses 22 of camcording films and distributing the bootlegs over the Web. |
InternetNews
May 25, 2006
Clint Boulton |
File-Sharing Trickster to Pay For Scam A man who duped customers into believing they could download copyrighted MP3 files without violating the law has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his claims were false. |
InternetNews
April 23, 2004
Roy Mark |
DOJ Strikes at Global Online Piracy Coordinated international raids seek to dismantle syndicates distributing pirated material. |
PC World
November 14, 2002
Michelle Madigan |
Copyright Cops Target Workplace, Schools Music industry renews piracy fight with correspondence and courts, while colleges and companies consider their liability. |
InternetNews
January 27, 2006
Roy Mark |
Feds Charge 10 More in Warez Wars Federal authorities continued their national crackdown on warez dealers this week, charging 10 more individuals with violating the No Electronic Theft Act. |
InternetNews
September 29, 2004
Roy Mark |
House Toughens Penalties on P2Ps Bill calls for criminal penalties of up to five years for willfully distributing copyrighted works. |
InternetNews
August 26, 2004
Roy Mark |
DoJ Nabs 103 in Online Crime Sweep Ashcroft says summer-long campaign known as Operation Web Snare reveals increasing internationalization of online crime. |
InternetNews
August 30, 2005
Roy Mark |
L.A. Cracks Internet Warez Ring In the first criminal Internet file-sharing case brought in California, a 34-year-old former Los Angeles resident pleaded guilty to single felony count of grand theft. |
CIO
April 15, 2003
Sarah D. Scalet |
The Pirates Among Us The entertainment industry is battling the illegal distribution of copyrighted music and movie files -- and will stop at nothing to enlist your help. |
InternetNews
July 1, 2005
Erin Joyce |
Click Here For Inducement Disclaimers The Supreme Court's ruling that P2P technology developers can induce users to steal copyrighted works could be extended to search services that in effect publicize those P2P services. |
InternetNews
August 7, 2006
Roy Mark |
RIAA Targets LimeWire A year after winning a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case against Grokster, the recording industry is back in court pursuing LimeWire, a popular peer-to-peer music file sharing service prospering in the place of Grokster. |
InternetNews
October 13, 2006
Roy Mark |
Feds Bust Craigslist Software Pirates Three alleged software pirates face criminal copyright infringement charges for selling illegal copies of popular software titles on Craigslist. |
InternetNews
November 4, 2004
Roy Mark |
MPAA Targets Movie Downloaders The Motion Picture Association of America plans to begin filing copyright theft lawsuits Nov. 16 against users of peer-to-peer networks who illegally trade movies over the file-swapping networks. |
InternetNews
September 6, 2005
Roy Mark |
Kazaa to Continue Court Fight Down Under The peer to peer file-swapping service Kazaa loses a major round in legality of business model in Australia. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Congress Fires at Music Pirates The Recording Industry Association of America may benefit from Justice Department muscle in its fight against illegal music downloads. |
InternetNews
January 2, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
The RIAA's Uphill Battle Recent research on the state of the music industry signals continued obstacles ahead for the RIAA's strategy. |
InternetNews
December 15, 2005
Roy Mark |
Merry Christmas From The RIAA The music industry dropped 751 copyright-infringement lawsuits in the mail today, bringing the total number of legal actions this year against alleged peer-to-peer infringers to more than 7,000. |
InternetNews
March 30, 2007
Roy Mark |
Congress Flunks P2P Test Lawmakers consider throwing millions at a problem it can't solve: illegal peer-to-peer file sharing. |
PC World
October 2004
Michael Desmond |
Sneaky Sharing Despite well-publicized wins by piracy foes, illegal digital music and movie trading continues to flourish in underground havens. |
InternetNews
January 21, 2004
Roy Mark |
RIAA Files 532 New Lawsuits The music industry files its largest batch of copyright infringement actions to date. |
InternetNews
March 23, 2004
Roy Mark |
RIAA Keeps Pressure on P2P Users Record companies file another 500 lawsuits against music file sharers, including those using college servers. |
InternetNews
June 24, 2004
Roy Mark |
P2P Chief Blasts Hatch Proposal Senate hearing brings charges of blacklisting and collusive, antitrust behavior by music industry against file-swapping companies. |
InternetNews
February 26, 2004
Roy Mark |
P2P, RIAA Go Face-to-Face Prodded by two U.S. Senators, warring music and file-swapping parties will sit down to try and find common ground. |
InternetNews
November 17, 2004
Roy Mark |
Software Gives Parents Chance to Snoop The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) will release free software that allow parents a peek into their kids' computers for 'illegal files' and the programs that download them. It also filed lawsuits against movie file-swappers. |
InternetNews
November 12, 2004
Roy Mark |
Conservatives Aim to Sink Pirate Act American Conservative Union says Hollywood wants to use the DOJ as its private law firm to sue copyright infringers. |
InternetNews
April 28, 2006
Roy Mark |
Hollywood Targets Campus LANs The Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America sent letters Thursday to 40 universities in 25 states alerting the schools of LAN piracy problems on their campuses. |
CIO
March 1, 2004
Julie Hanson |
Wall of No Sound - Reality Bytes The recording industry is trying to stop people from listening to, talking about and sharing music. Yeah. That makes a lot of sense. |
InternetNews
February 28, 2007
Roy Mark |
RIAA Sends Schools a P2P Heads Up Music industry increases pressure on colleges and universities to curb illegal music downloading. |
InternetNews
December 14, 2005
Roy Mark |
Grokster Ruling Slows Illegal Downloading Six months after the Supreme Court ruled that P2P developers are legally responsible for the illegal acts of their users, illegal music sharing has dropped 11 percent. |
