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  | Is anybody using the LimeWire Store? Found at 8/27/2008 via news.cnet.com
Today, Lime Wire announced a deal with The Orchard that will double the number of songs available through its online store. But if you're using LimeWire P2P software, are you going to buy music? More...
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| Northwestern fighting campus P2P use with... e-mail? Found at 8/27/2008 via arstechnica.com
Northwestern University is the latest school to adopt the University of Michigan's open source Be Aware You're Uploading program. Turns out that simple e-mail notifications can make a real difference. Read More... More...
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| RIAA v. U: the state of P2P file sharing on campus Found at 8/27/2008 via arstechnica.com
As the kids go back to school, Ars takes a look at the state of P2P on campus. Sure, Big Content is still sending out letters and serving up lawsuits, but how some schools are responding to P2P's legal and technical impact on their networks may surprise you. Read More... More...
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| ISU blocks illegal peer-to-peer file sharing Found at 8/26/2008 via www.dailyvidette.com
Despite the repercussions of downloading media via illegal peer-to-peer applications, over 90 percent of ISU students who lived on-campus during the 2007- 2008 school year used P2P software. The high volume of file sharing in the residence halls has led to a recent restriction of p2p applications on all of ISU's on-campus networks. More...
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| RIAA wins P2P case after defendant reformats hard drive Found at 8/26/2008 via arstechnica.com
A few months after rejecting the RIAA's argument that making a file available over a P2P network is copyright infringement, a judge is handing the labels a victory after the defendant reformatted his hard drive, nuked his KaZaA installation, and downloaded and used a file-shredding program. Read More... More...
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| Comcast Does About-Face: Declares Love for P2P Found at 8/22/2008 via www.allaboutjazz.com
Comcast, perhaps the most aggressive opponent of file sharing after the RIAA, has seen the light. After testing P4P, an experimental file sharing architecture that reduces network costs and bandwidth usage, the company is closer to embracing file sharing on its own network. More...
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| Comcast Does About-Face: Declares Love for P2P Found at 8/21/2008 via blog.wired.com
After testing an experimental file-sharing architecture in July, Comcast looks like it's softening its position on file sharing. The architecture, P4P, lower network costs and increases download times. More...
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| UK law firm looks to begin prosecuting file sharers Found at 8/21/2008 via www.betanews.com
Davenport Lyons has been working with the music industry in the UK to sniff out P2P users. Now it will ask the UK courts to force ISPs to release information to identify them. More...
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| FCC Issues Order Castigating Comcast On P2P Found at 8/21/2008 via www.multichannel.com
The Federal Communications Commission released the full text of an order Wednesday demanding that Comcast stop its "unreasonable network management practices" of interfering with peer-to-peer Internet applications, even as the operator has already committed to moving to a "protocol-agnostic" approach. More...
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| FCC Issues Order Castigating Comcast On P2P Found at 8/20/2008 via www.multichannel.com
The Federal Communications Commission released the full text of an order Wednesday demanding that Comcast stop "unreasonable network management practices" of interfering with peer-to-peer Internet applications, even as the operator has already committed to moving to a "protocol-agnostic" approach. More...
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| FCC Order scolds Comcast for changing story on P2P blocking Found at 8/20/2008 via arstechnica.com
"Surrender, Comcast!" declares the FCC in its Order on P2P blocking. The agency also calls on the public to stay vigilant on the issue and aligns itself more closely with the net neutrality movement. Read More... More...
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| Game publishers bring RIAA-style anti-P2P tactics to UK Found at 8/20/2008 via arstechnica.com
A band of game publishers in the United Kingdom, including the likes of Atari and Codemasters, have begun a large-scale offensive against piracy. 25,000 UK citizens will be receiving letters that read "pay now or we'll see you in court." Read More... More...
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| First illegal game-sharer prosecuted in UK Found at 8/20/2008 via rss.feedsportal.com
Woman to pay £16,000 in damages and costs The woman, who has not been named, was prosecuted for uploading Topware Interactive's Dream Pinball 3D to a P2P network and allowing other web users to illegally download the program without paying copyright fees to the owners. A UK court has ordered the woman to pay Topware Interactive £6,086.56 in damages and... More...
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| Game File Sharers Fined Found at 8/19/2008 via news.digitaltrends.com
A woman who shared the game Dream Pinball 3D on a P2P network is ordered to pay over $32,000 in damages, and there are more cases to follow. More...
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| First illegal game-sharer prosecuted in UK Found at 8/19/2008 via www.macworld.co.uk
A British woman has been ordered to pay £16,000 in costs and damages after she put a computer game on a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing network. More...
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