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The Pirate Bay in its current form is just a a few days away from being handed over to its new owners and with that a complete archive has been uploaded and made available (via torrent file) for download. According to the anonymous person who posted the file, he just… Continue Reading »

In an expected attack on the RIAA, The Pirate Bay is now advertising what it calls “The $675,000 mixtape.”  The collection is comprised of the 30 songs that grad student Joel Tenenbaum was found guilty of sharing through filesharing services.  The listing even goes so far as to say that… Continue Reading »

The RIAA has won another outrageous settlement.  A Boston student has been ordered to pay $22,500 each for the 30 songs he admitted to downloading and sharing.  That’s a total of $675,000.  A judge in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts found him guilty of infringement and asked the jury… Continue Reading »

Media companies have realized the near impossibility of attempting to sue each individual that downloads illegal music and other media.  Instead, their new anti-piracy plan involves enlisting the help of Internet service providers to combat the issue.  AT&T will be the first ISP to work alongside the Recording Industry Association… Continue Reading »

Last year, one of the neatest web apps available was Muxtape, a way for anybody to create a page with 12 of their favorite songs.  People naturally took to uploading songs that are under the copyright of record labels, the RIAA intervened and shut the excellent Muxtape down.  Muxtape failed… Continue Reading »

Over 1 billion digital tracks were served up to downloaders in America in 2008, setting a new record.  While the US purchased more music than ever before, the industry is not gloating, in fact they are worried about ever decreasing album sales which declined for the fourth straight year.  Album… Continue Reading »

This morning, a Harvard professor and his students will defend two Rhode Island residents from the RIAA, which is suing their son for sharing 7 music files on Kazaa.  Although Arthur and Judie Tenenbaum are not named in the suit, the RIAA is attempting to force them to turn over… Continue Reading »

In a very RIAA-like move, the MPAA has sued RealNetworks for a program that they claim allows its users to steal DVDs.  The program is called RealDVD, which allows you to copy your DVD onto your computer or external hard drive for playback later.  However, Real says that RealDVD has… Continue Reading »

Remember Jammie Thomas?  The single mother who fought against the RIAA when they sued her?  She was originally told to pay $222,000 for copyright infringement.  On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Davis declared a mistrial and ordered a retrial.  The mistrial is ruled on the grounds that the RIAA… Continue Reading »

We’ve already heard about the problems Pandora has been having with the upcoming RIAA royalty structure.  But we’re already starting to see the effects on smaller internet radio sites.  Muxtape’s main page hold’s a sad message reading; “Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a… Continue Reading »