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This site from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) advocates for legalizing music file-sharing (also known as P2P, for "peer to peer"). Includes "information on compensating artists while making P2P legal." The "Subpoena Defense" section includes a searchable database of subpoenas filed by the Recording Industry Association of America to compel Internet Service Providers to identify users who are file-sharing.
http://www.eff.org/issues/file-sharing
Topics: Intellectual Property, Internet, Music
Last updated Nov 1, 2007


Piracy: Online and on the Street view detail comment email this

Arguments against music file-sharing as presented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which calls this practice "online piracy." Includes a discussion of copyright, possible penalties for file-sharing, instructions for reporting violations, news, and information about the RIAA's efforts to bring lawsuits against individual computer users who are file-sharing. Features tips for consumers on how to identify pirated sound recordings.
http://www.riaa.com/physicalpiracy.php
Topics: Intellectual Property, Internet, Music
Last updated Jun 23, 2007


Supreme Court Rules in MGM v. Grokster view detail comment email this

"On June 27, 2005, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in MGM v. Grokster, ruling that the providers of software that designed to enable 'file-sharing' of copyrighted works may be held liable for the copyright infringement that takes place using that software." This website features the text of the decision and related background documents. From the U.S. Copyright Office.
http://www.copyright.gov/docs/mgm/
Topics: Intellectual Property, Law, Law, Technology
Last updated Jun 29, 2005




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