Internet File Sharing

Tonight David Byrne and Author Chris Ruen Explain Exactly, Specifically, and Definitively Why Illegally Downloading Music Makes You A Huge Asshole

Tonight, in the main branch of the New York Public Library, the long-running conversation about artist copyright, piracy in the digital age, changing (and disappearing) artist revenue streams, and illegal downloading continues with two people who've added much to that discourse of late: Talking Head ... More >>

Publishers Fight Back Against Schoolbook Piracy

Textbook torrents

Kiddie-Porn Suspect Faces More Prison Time Than A "Depraved Sex Fiend" Who Sexually Assaulted 85-Year-Old Woman

The United States Attorney's Office just sent us the criminal complaint for a man who was arrested this morning after federal agents found several images and videos of kiddie porn on his computer. If convicted, the suspect, 55-year-old convicted sex offender Jay Kroll, faces a mandatory minimum sent ... More >>

IP Address Does Not Even ID a State, Judge Decides in Landmark BitTorrent Lawsuit

Just a few weeks after a New York judge decided that an internet protocol address is not enough evidence for lawsuits against accused illegal file-sharers, a California judge has ruled that an IP address can't even pinpoint one's state. As detailed by CNET, the judge tossed out lawsuits against 15 ... More >>

New Jersey Kiddie-Porn Roundup Nets 27 Arrests, Two Mustaches

Sex-offender fashion trends appear to be changing -- of the 27 alleged pederasts arrested during "Operation Watchdog," a multi-agency pervert roundup conducted by several New Jersey law enforcement agencies, only two of them have mustaches.What's slightly less amusing than the stereotypical facial-h ... More >>

SOPA: Has It Returned?

In what's being called a "SOPA-style blackout," an Indian court has demanded that the subcontinent's internet service providers ban 104 websites said to feature "unauthorized" media -- bolstering similar efforts in the U.S. and the rest of the world. Chris Dodd, chair and CEO of the Motion Pictur ... More >>

RIAA's Mitch Glazier, The Pirate Bay's 'Winston' Get Into Internet Shouting Match

When The Pirate Bay switched its domain from .org to .se two weeks ago, the file-sharing website was hoping to escape shutdown by American cops. Recording Industry Association of America VP Mitch Glazier just published a reply to the Pirate Bay's move, calling it a "rogue website" and the worst of ... More >>

RIAA, IFPI Consider Suing Google; Want the Search Engine To Censor Links

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the Recording Industry Association of America might sue Google, saying that the web behemoth has used its search engine service to shape the online music market in a way trade groups do not like. These recording industry giants have pre ... More >>

BitTorrent-Based Internet Piracy Does Not Hurt U.S. Movie Sales: Study

As the movie and music industries continue to bemoan internet piracy -- and push for internet-censoring laws like SOPA, PIPA, and the TPP to curb illegal file sharing -- a new academic study has come out that debunks a major belief about piracy and profit loss. In "Reel Piracy: The Effect of Onlin ... More >>

Megaupload, Kim Dotcom Might Be Taken Down, But File Sharing Still Strong: Study

​When the cops busted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom on Jan. 18, who was brought into custody with the help of an anti-terror squad, police said the takedown was going to thwart online piracy. Indeed, in the immediate aftermath, this seemed to be the case -- with DeepField Networks reporting ... More >>

Breaking: SOPA, PIPA Lose Co-Sponsors, Might Be Stopped in Congress

After thousands of popular websites went offline today and many more individuals took to the Twitterverse to protest SOPA and PIPA, several co-sponsors of the anti-piracy bills have just withdrawn their support, telling reporters that they were worried about the legislations' impact on free speech, ... More >>

What Jeff Smith and Morgan Wilson Have in Common: They're Pervy

​Long before the days of Giada and Rachael, an unlikely hero on PBS taught people how to cook. The man was Jeff Smith, otherwise known as the Frugal Gourmet. His show was highly educational and his recipes quite good (his guacamole was a staple of my youth). But there was a dark side to the ... More >>

Meet the Web Sheriff

Fighting music piracy via ominous blog comments and pre-written apologies

Tales From the Crypt

As Sony dabbles with CD host-busters, a virus programmer remembers the bad old days

The Supreme Court's Ruling on MGM v. Grokster: What It Is and What it Means for You

The new goods on file-sharing

The Big Chill

EZT shuts down, courts lag behind, WMG gets desperate

Meet John Doe

The RIAA runs its lawsuits as a volume business, and sometimes downloaders just gotta settle

Brand-New Lag

Late as usual, labels learn that downloading is their friend

A Void Named Sued

Driving independent retailers, and you, out of business

Workin' It

The Blessed Version

Let One Hundred Edits Bloom

Fowl Snip

When Pols Attack

Music

Rough Trade

Little Johnny and Big-Biz Music Duke It Out Over Peer-to-Peer Software