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Once one of the gunslingers in the Wild West days of peer-to-peer file sharing (mostly of the illegal variety), Kazaa is poised to re-launch as a standard-issue music-subscription site, complete with the same DRM-protected tracks that so many of its former users did their best to avoid. CNET...

As reported in the LA Times' technology blog, the launch of Antigua-based media download site Zookz has raised the ire of the US trade commission as well as the RIAA and MPAA. However, according to the company, Zookz is permitted by the World Trade Organization under a loophole copyright...

D - E - A - D dead. Of course, they’re not describing it like that. Instead, “News Corp. is planning to position its MySpace unit as a Web site for accessing entertainment and related information,” says Murdoch’s personal blog, the Wall Street Journal, going on: “The plans follow other...

It still doesn't make much sense that the FBI got involved in trying to track down and arrest a guy who uploaded a pre-release version of Guns 'N Roses' long awaited new album before it was released. If anything, it should have been a civil matter -- and, honestly, there's little indication that...

Symantec Corporation announced that it was awarded a combined total of $18.6 million in damages in cases brought against two distributors selling counterfeit Symantec software throughout North America, according to Symantec. The first judgment of $9.7 million was handed down by the United...

Just hours before Microsoft plans to launch Office 2010, a build that may be the first public preview of the suite leaked to the Internet, searches showed late Sunday. A new version of Office 2010, build 14.0.4302.1000, appeared on several BitTorrent tracking sites Sunday, including...

Following a request from the entertainment industries, a French court has ordered the P2P news site Numerama to cover the cases of 27 convicted file-sharers. For their efforts the site receives 10,000 euros which they promise to spend wisely by supporting a pro file-sharing cause. Numerama is...

EU Commissioner says regulation of internet content requires fresh thinking. EU Commissioner for Telecoms and Media Viviane Reding has called on governments to be pragmatic and innovative in their approach to regulating internet content and piracy. While the digital economy has the...

Coverage of the RIAA has been ongoing for many years since as they’ve taken people to court over copyright infringement. Though we have seen dozens of cases, and hundreds of interviews, it's never been well known exactly how many times the RIAA has tried to sue someone into submission. Recently...

After Spain virtually ruled out imposing a “3-strikes” regime for illicit file-sharers, the entertainment industries said they would target 200 BitTorrent sites instead. Now a judge has decided that sharing between users for no profit via P2P doesn’t breach copyright laws and sites should be...

It just gets worse. And worse. And worse. The non-stop assault by the entertainment and software kartells on the minds of our children. The latest effort is a dumb-beyond-dumb sequel to 1992’s “Don’t Copy That Floppy!” It features moronic “anti-piracy hero MC Double Def DP,” jail...

This will come as a surprise to just about no one, but Jammie Thomas' lawyers have pointed out that the $1.92 million verdict against her is excessive, and is asking the judge to either throw out the award, lower it to the statutory minimum or grant a new trial. That was pretty much expected...

One positive to this is that MCS Music is suing companies instead of individuals. :D;)

A man who downloaded 12,591 music tracks, 426 movies and 16 full TV-series has been sentenced in France. The police searched the 55 year-old’s house in connection with an unrelated matter and stumbled across his collection. The man was sentenced to 33,000 euros ($46,200) in damages and a 2 month...

For all you jaded cynics who don’t believe the late Michael Jackson was pure as the driven snow. :P

The copyright administration company MCS Music America has filed suit against Real Networks, Yahoo and Microsoft this week, alleging that the groups engaged in copyright infringement on some of the company's music. The case is based on the streaming technology used by yahoomusic.com...

The effects of April’s landmark new copyright laws in Sweden are beginning to emerge, as the first case related to copyright infringement has been heard by a Swedish court. An ISP provider in Sweden has been ordered by the court to hand over information on its customers to five publishers who...

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said Wednesday it had collected another victory in its war against illegal online file sharing of copyrighted material, this time over Usenet.com, a service that enables newsgroup users to share and distribute content, including music files...

The look is really unique. I like it. :D And moonshine in a can. :))