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  | RIAA defendant sanctioned for destroying evidence Found at 8/27/2008 via www.betanews.com
Defendant Jeffrey Howell was scolded by an Arizona court earlier this week in a move that could potentially give the recording industry a decisive victory. More...
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| RIAA nears win (by default) in Atlantic vs. Howell Found at 8/27/2008 via www.latimes.com
A federal judge in Arizona has all but dispensed with an intriguing legal battle between the Recording Industry Assn. of America and an accused music infringer 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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| Report: RIAA wins case over erased hard drive Found at 8/26/2008 via news.yahoo.com
The recording industry appears to have won a closely watched copyright infringement case over charges of evidence tampering. More...
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| Opentape invites RIAA to play whack-a-mole post-Muxtape Found at 8/26/2008 via arstechnica.com
The RIAA may win its battle against the unlicensed music discovery service Muxtape. But an open source version that can be installed and run from any server means that everyone can share their favorite mixes now. Read More... More...
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| Report: RIAA wins case over erased hard drive Found at 8/26/2008 via news.cnet.com
Judge reportedly finds that defendant in closely watched copyright infringement case tampered with evidence after being served with the suit. More...
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| RIAA, MPAA Converging on Political Conventions Found at 8/26/2008 via blog.wired.com
The Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America are well-known for their thousands of copyright infringement lawsuits. But they're also Hollywood's biggest lobbying organizations. The pair have descended upon Denver for the Democratic National Convention and are headed to the Republican's convention next week in Minnesota -- in a likely move to bolster ... 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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| Opentape keeps the Muxtape ethic alive Found at 8/26/2008 via www.betanews.com
Not one week after music sharing site Muxtape was pulled down at the request of the RIAA, a clone service called Opentape has arisen in its place, with a single pivotal change: Users must host their own tapes. More...
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| Host Your Own Music Playlist with Opentape [Step By Step] Found at 8/26/2008 via lifehacker.com
Beloved music playlist hosting service Muxtape's gone offline to "sort out a problem with the RIAA," but if you've got some web server space, you can host, stream, and share your own digital music... More...
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| Is Opentape a jab at the RIAA? [Copyfight] Found at 8/26/2008 via valleywag.com
Following the shutdown of Muxtape, a site for posting online mixtapes, in a dispute with the music industry, someone has launched Opentape.fm, where you can download code to easily create your own... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] More...
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| 5 Ways to Survive After Muxtape Found at 8/26/2008 via blog.wired.com
It's been a week since we started asking (and initially got the OK for) an interview with Justin Oullette, founder of the online mix sharing site, Muxtape, to find out about the site's still-cryptic RIAA-induced outage. We're hoping for the best, but just in case, here are five alternative services to help fill the gaping void in your soul where Muxtape used to be. More...
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| Joe Biden loves RIAA, DRM; hates encryption, George Bush Found at 8/25/2008 via blogs.zdnet.com
Does Joe Biden have more in common with Metallica's Lars Ulrich than Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg? CNET colleague Declan McCullagh has a superb analysis of Dem. vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, who has an interesting (read: depressing) voting history when it comes to tech issues. ... More...
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| Officials warn against illegal downloading Found at 8/25/2008 via www.cm-life.com
The Recording Industry Association of America has been cracking down on illegal distribution of music from peer-to-peer applications. The increase is specifically targeting higher education, said Associate Network Director Mark Strandskov. The RIAA sends a take-down notice to the network provider, asking the user to stop all illegal activity. More...
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| Business as usual as MediaSentry ignores Michigan complaints Found at 8/24/2008 via arstechnica.com
Despite a ruling from Michigan state regulators that it needs a private investigator license to operate in that state, a lawsuit filed recently by the RIAA shows that it's business as usual for MediaSentry. Read More... More...
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