Stories about: Recording Industry Association of America

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    European Parliament says its website taken offline by attackers 27/01/2012 04:21:51

    The European Parliament's website fell under a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDOS) on Thursday in what the organization classified as retaliation for the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing site and an anti-counterfeiting trade agreement.
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    U.S. government online security website hacked 24/01/2012 18:51:28

    Hackers under the AntiSec banner appeared to have hacked late Monday the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. federal government's online security website, in protest against controversial legislation.
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    SOPA and PIPA: What went wrong? 24/01/2012 06:29:00

    For Internet activists, last week's Web protests against two controversial copyright enforcement bills were a huge victory against three powerful and well-funded trade groups that pushed hard for passage of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act.
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    Anonymous retaliates for Megaupload shutdown, attacks DOJ, others 20/01/2012 11:41:15

    The hacker group Anonymous is claiming responsibility for attacks that have taken down websites run by Universal Music, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Recording Industry Association of America in retaliation for the government's removal of the Megaupload websites.
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    Former congressional staffers lobby for copyright bills 15/12/2011 07:48:44

    Eight former staff members of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee are now lobbying on behalf of companies or groups supporting controversial copyright enforcement legislation in Congress, an example of the close ties often found between the political establishment and business interests.
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    RIAA chief steps down 09/08/2011 09:41:00

    Mitch Bainwol, who oversaw the Recording Industry Association of America's campaign against illegal music downloading, including lawsuits against individual file sharers and a Supreme Court case resulting in the closure of Grokster, has left the organization.
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    Broadband providers to send subscribers file-sharing alerts 08/07/2011 02:16:58

    Five large U.S. broadband providers will warn subscribers of illegal file sharing detected on their accounts under a new agreement with members of the entertainment industry, the groups announced Thursday.
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    Share Netflix? Share a jail cell 10/06/2011 07:46:00

    The leaden hand of Big Media and the fact that it has got any number of politicians well and truly bought was once again revealed this week when the state of Tennessee, "The Volunteer State," volunteered its legal infrastructure to do the bidding of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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    LimeWire settlement unlikely to blunt music piracy 14/05/2011 06:09:00

    Peer-to-peer software maker LimeWire's willingness to pay a whopping $105 million to settle music piracy claims marks a decisive, if somewhat symbolic, victory for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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    LimeWire agrees to pay $105 million to record labels 14/05/2011 00:37:00

    LimeWire has agreed to pay record labels US$105 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the file-sharing service allowed its users to infringe copyright, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced late Thursday.
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    Federal court to review $67,500 music piracy fine 05/04/2011 09:15:00

    For the fist time, a federal appellate court has been asked to consider the appropriateness of the damages being sought by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) against individual copyright infringers.
 
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