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Jammie Thomas makes $36,000 a year but says she's not looking for a handout to pay a $222,000 judgment after a jury decided she illegally shared music online.
The recording industry said Wednesday it was amplifying its legal offensive against online piracy on college campuses by sending hundreds of letters warning students they will be sued if they don't accept settlement offers.
The operator of a Russian Web site that sells music cheaply went on a media offensive Tuesday to deny accusations that it violates copyrights on songs by major artists.
One of the big guns of the Wild West days of freely downloading music and movies over the Internet is going straight.
The company that produced software called "Kazaa," which made it simple for millions of computer users to download music and movies over the Internet, has agreed to pay more than $115 million to the entertainment industry to settle global piracy lawsuits, the industry said Thursday.
Demographics and details about the AP-Rolling Stone poll on attitudes about music and where people get their music:
While one-quarter of the nation's music fans say they've downloaded songs onto their computers — legally or otherwise — a new nationwide poll suggests music executives should look elsewhere to explain their business woes.
Music Industry Drops Effort to Sue Song Swappers LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The group representing the U.S. recording industry said Friday it has abandoned its policy of suing people for sharing songs protected by copyright and will work with Internet service providers to cut abusers' access if they ignore repeated warnings.
Record Exchange closes in Blacksburg, VA due to down{free}loadersThis is like losing a good friend. I feel slammed after finding out that my favorite store just went bust. Record Exchange was on my weekly visit list. We rented DVDs there all the time... and now I find out that they just pulled the plug.
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