Rosen leaves US industry group
Hilary Rosen will leave the Recording Industry Association of America at the end of the year after seventeen years as chairman, with Cary Sherman helping find a replacement.…
Recordings Industry Association Of America (RIAA)
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Landmark legal decision in download war
A US federal judge has ruled that ISP Verizon must identify a customer suspected of downloading over 600 songs a day, a decision the RIAA welcomed and Verizon plans to appeal.…
US Supreme Court backs current copyright lengths
The US Supreme Court voted 7-2 to uphold 1998 legislation extending copyright terms, rejecting challenges from internet companies.…
More download legal rumblings
The RIAA, NMPA and MPAA are pursuing file-sharing services Kazaa and Grokster in LA courts, seeking similar action to that taken against Napster.…
The last attack on Madster?
US record companies have filed a contempt motion against Madster, claiming it ignored a court order to stop trading copyright material, which could lead to a compliance officer shutting it down.…
Court orders Madster to filter copyrighted works
A US court has ordered Madster, formerly Aimster, to stop facilitating copyright infringement by using filtering systems, a ruling the RIAA welcomed.…
US record labels ask employers to stop staff downloading music
Trade groups for record labels, film studios and publishers are writing to 1,000 large US corporations asking them to stop employees illegally downloading music at work.…
Download legislation unclear
Judge John D Bates has said the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is ambiguous in the RIAA's case against Verizon, but will try to rule quickly.…
Labels accounting practices under the microscope
California state senators Martha Escutia and Kevin Murray held a second hearing into US labels' accounting, with artists including the Eagles alleging underpayment of royalties.…
Music and film trade groups seek quick ruling against Kazaa, Grokster and Morpheus
Music and film trade groups ask a Los Angeles court to rule without trial against file-sharing services, and the RIAA is also in a dispute with Verizon over a customer's details.…
Hackers deface RIAA website with pro-piracy message
The RIAA website briefly displayed a pro-piracy headline after hackers broke in, with the trade group calling it a problem being fixed.…
RIAA research supports download sales drop link
The RIAA has published research linking a 10% fall in US music shipments to downloading, with RIAA president Cary Sherman blaming illegal file-sharing.…