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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 June 23, 2005 Roy Mark	P2Ps Still Dominate Downloads While productive uses of P2P are possible, illegal music and movie and music downloads are still the most common uses of P2P applications.
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 July 6, 2004 Roy Mark	P2P Bill Induces Tech Group to Action Companies push for new hearing on legislation that targets P2P networks and others for 'inducing' copyright infringement.
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 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.
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 June 27, 2005 Roy Mark	High Court Rules Against P2P The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that peer-to-peer technology developers are legally responsible for the illegal acts of their users.
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 August 26, 2004 Roy Mark	FBI Sting Targets P2P Operation DOJ launches first peer-to-peer criminal probe by targeting a network of Direct Connect users.
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 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.
PC Magazine August 3, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	P2P Shifts Following the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in MGM v. Grokster, there are already rumblings about shifts in the business models that P2P services like Grokster, Kazaa, and Morpheus use.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2005 Tom Taulli	Court to Grokster: Download This! Demolishing file-sharers won't solve the media industry's long-term challenges. What's to stop programmers in, say, Estonia, from developing a P2P network? And what other new-fangled technologies will change the industry?
InternetNews September 7, 2004 Roy Mark	Copyright Office Jumps Into P2P Fray Negotiations continuing over Sen. Orrin Hatch's controversial proposal to allow copyright owners to sue P2P networks.
InternetNews August 20, 2004 Roy Mark	P2P War Takes Bad Turn for Hollywood Court rules P2P technology is legal even if the software itself is used for illegal purposes.
InternetNews October 5, 2005 Roy Mark	FTC Targets Spyware Operation Lawsuit claims Odysseus Marketing includes secret spyware and adware with its P2P downloads.
InternetNews November 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Court Shutters Spyware Operation FTC claims millions of unwanted and unsolicited software downloaded without user permission.
InternetNews December 10, 2004 Roy Mark	MGM, Grokster to go Under Supreme Scope Hollywood hopes the high court will overturn the lower court's decision ruling P2P operations legal.
PC Magazine March 2, 2004 Sebastian Rupley	P2P Problems Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks are having more problems than just dramatic declines in download numbers.
InternetNews June 28, 2005 Roy Mark	A Supreme Chill For P2P Technology? P2P supporters say the Supreme Court decision leads to a new era of extensive and expensive litigation.
InternetNews September 20, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	California To Set P2P Policy California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered the State CIO to come up with a policy for the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing applications by state personnel.
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 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 July 25, 2007 Roy Mark	P2P Back in Congressional Crosshairs Businesses and consumers using peer-to-peer networks are inadvertently exposing confidential files to others, according to testimony Tuesday before the House Government and Oversight Committee.
InternetNews September 15, 2005 Clint Boulton	RIAA Puts More File-sharing Firms On Notice The recording agency sends cease-and-desist letters to seven file sharing proprietors in the wake of its Grokster victory.
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 March 29, 2005 Roy Mark	High Court Hears P2P Appeal Justices press both sides on implications of reversing landmark Sony Betamax decision.
InternetNews February 3, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Key Online Music Piracy Ruling Reviewed The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals mulls the Recording Industry of America's lawsuits against file-swappers.
InternetNews February 27, 2004 Roy Mark	RIAA v. P2P: Same Old Song The music industry and P2P networks meet face-to-face, but a forumula to satisfy consumers and copyright holders remains elusive.
InternetNews March 23, 2005 Roy Mark	P2P Use Losing Popularity? New Pew survey shows 53 percent of Internet users favor holding the P2P companies legally responsible for the illegal file swapping that occurs on their networks.
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 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 March 28, 2005 Roy Mark	P2Ps Face Supreme Test High court to hear Hollywood's challenge against file-swapping networks.
InternetNews August 19, 2004 Roy Mark	P2Ps Score Landmark Legal Victory Appeals court rebuffs movie and music industry claims that file-swapping developers are liable for copyright infringement.
InternetNews July 27, 2006 Roy Mark	Kazaa Settles Up Kazaa agreed to pay a reported $100 million to the trade organizations representing the international music industry.
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.
InternetNews July 23, 2004 Roy Mark	Hatch Vows P2P Action This Year Senator wants to go after those who produce technologies that "induce" copyright infringement... Business Software Alliance, IEEE fight the measure.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2004 Seth Jayson	Will Congress Kill the iPod? We are a nation of whining, sensationalist thieves. Want proof? A new bill introduced in Washington aimed at peer-to-peer networks such as Grokster and Kazaa is already being painted as a threat to Apple's iPod.
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 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 October 8, 2004 Jim Wagner	Entertainment Industry Looks For Supreme Relief The entertainment industry filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to get a definitive ruling whether software companies should be allowed to create software used to facilitate pirating copyrighted material.
InternetNews March 1, 2005 Roy Mark	P2P Companies Set Stage for Supreme Court Appearance File-sharing software makers claim Hollywood wants to control both content and distribution by overturning Sony Betamax standard.
InternetNews July 7, 2005 Jim Wagner	Opera Adds BitTorrent The next version of the Opera Web browser will support peer-to-peer technology.
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.
PC Magazine March 16, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Stand Up For Your Digital Rights In protecting your rights and safety online, knowledge is the best defense.
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.
PC Magazine November 22, 2004 Sebastian Rupley	Is P2P File Sharing Fading? Have recording industry lawsuits slowed down P2P file sharing?
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 January 25, 2005 Roy Mark	Hollywood: P2P is Not About Technology In a Supreme Court filing, the entertainment industry makes its case to hold Grokster liable for infringement.