Verizon Communications said it would turn over the names of four online subscribers accused of distributing hundreds of songs online over to the Recording Industry Association of America after a U.S. appeals court declined to interfere.
“Verizon remains concerned that the R.I.A.A. and other copyright owners and people who are not copyright owners may abuse this […]

The Recording Industry Association of America in effort to curb online piracy, sent an instant message to hundreds of thousands of digital music traders with a warning that they could “easily” be identified and face “legal penalties” for swapping copyrighted songs.
The instant message campaign is part of a new anti-piracy “education initiative” launched by the […]

The Recording Industry Association of America said it has filed lawsuits against college students who operate private computer networks, alleging the networks are being used to illegally trade copies of digital music files.
The RIAA said its member companies, which include Vivendi Universal, Sony Corp, AOL Time Warner, EMI Group Plc and Bertelsmann AG, filed […]