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.…
Recordings Industry Association Of America (RIAA)
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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.…
RIAA drop action against ISPs
The RIAA has dropped its lawsuit against four ISPs after the listen4ever.com site went offline, though it has not ruled out future action.…
Labels defend accounting processes
At a California Senate hearing on alleged label underpayment, music attorney Don Engel called label accounting intentionally fraudulent, while the labels deny wrongdoing.…
Bills could change music set-up in US
Two US bills under drafting could reshape the music industry: Senator Orrin G Hatch's bill on out-of-print recordings, and Howard Berman's bill legalising measures against peer-to-peer services.…
Audiogalaxy settles copyright case
Audiogalaxy has settled with the major labels in the US before the case reached court, agreeing to remove unlicensed tracks and pay a substantial sum to affected labels and publishers.…