Hollywood movie studios on Tuesday filed lawsuits against operators of sites that help people find movies and TV programs on BitTorrent and eDonkey, two major peer-to-peer filesharing networks.
The Motion Picture Association of America and its members, which include Disney, Sony Pictures, MGM, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Studios and Warner Brothers, are working with law […]

The Justice Department would be able to file civil lawsuits against people who trade copyright content over peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa, under a bill called the “PIRATE Act,” which is currently moving through Congress.
The Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act allows the Department of Justice to exercise its existing enforcement powers through a […]

The Recording Industry Association of America said it has filed a new round of lawsuits against 532 people for allegedly trading copyright music, including 89 on university campuses.
This latest round of lawsuits marks the first time the RIAA’s war against online piracy targets college students. Until yesterday, the trade group had not filed any lawsuits […]

For the second time this year, the recoding industry has filed lawsuits against people it claims have been illegally sharing music on the Internet.
This time, however, the Recording Industry Association of America warned alleged violators in advance that they were being sued, urging them to settle their cases before taking them to court. According […]

The so-called Clean Slate Program from the Recording Industry Association of America fails to provide file-traders any real amnesty from lawsuits, according to a new lawsuit filed in California. The RIAA does not represent all copyright holders, songwriters and music publishers. People who choose amnesty could still be sued, a lawyer said.
“When you read between […]

The Recording Industry Association of America is reported to be ready to offer a “general amnesty” to Internet users who admit to illegally sharing music files online and promise not to do it again.
“The offer would require people to sign a notarized form promising to delete illegally downloaded files from their computer, submit a copy […]

The Recording Industry Association of America says it will not target small violators when it sues people who illegally share copyrighted music on the Internet. The industry group says it only plans to go after violators who are illegal distributing a “substantial amount” of copyrighted music.
“RIAA is in no way targeting ‘de minimis’ users,” wrote […]

The Recording Industry Association of America said it sent out subpoenas to Internet service providers as it prepares to go after people who illegally distribute music over the Internet.
“This should not come as a surprise to anyone,” said Amy Weiss, the RIAA’s senior vice president of communications. “Filing information subpoenas is part of the […]

Reps. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and Howard Berman (D-Calif.) have introduced a bill in Congress that makes illegal file swapping a felony. The bill carries penalties of up to five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine. The bill also makes filming a movie in a theater without authorization a federal offense.
The bill, […]

The Recording Industry Association of America said it plans to release a barrage of civil lawsuits against people who are illegally offering to “share” substantial amounts of copyrighted music over the Internet. The RIAA said it plans to go after the biggest offenders first by slapping them with lawsuits as early as mid-August.
The RIAA said […]