Neowin News Feed for: File-swapping

Grassroots hackers create file-swapping wireless iPod

Steven Parker — Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:45:20 +0000

Thanks Powerless for this heads up from The Register. Since its introduction almost two years ago, the fashionable and expensive iPod gadget has earned a reputation as a music hoard for selfish yuppies. But... Read more...

New RIAA file-swapping suits filed

Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:54:18 +0000

The Recording Industry Association of America stepped up the pace of its lawsuits against music swappers again, with a renewed focus on university students. The trade association said Tuesday that it sued... Read more...

Judge: File-swapping tools are legal

Fri, 25 Apr 2003 21:00:40 +0000

A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a stunning court victory to file-swapping services Streamcast Networks and Grokster, dismissing much of the record industry and movie studios' lawsuit against the two companies. ... Read more...

Kazaa finds friends in file-swapping fight

Sat, 18 May 2002 20:25:25 +0000

Powerful computer and telecommunications companies are allying with upstart file-swapping service Kazaa in a bid to overhaul the way record labels are paid for music and other content distributed on the Net. Stung by... Read more...

File-Swapping Sites Multiply Despite Legal Tangles

Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:09:56 +0000

The number of file-swapping, or peer-to-peer, Web sites, has grown more than five-fold in the past year, a study said on Monday, despite legal efforts by Hollywood, music companies and software firms to shut them... Read more...

Hackers turn tables on file-swapping firms

Fri, 26 Apr 2002 01:28:30 +0000

For the past several weeks, the pseudonymous programmer, who says he's a male college student and declines to give his real name, has been releasing versions of popular file-swapping programs online with the advertising and... Read more...

Schools declare file-swapping truce

Thu, 14 Mar 2002 18:05:42 +0000

After an initial shock, U.S. universities are learning to live with file swapping among students on campus, despite legal risks and the heavy demands such activities place on computer networks. When Napster... Read more...

File-swapping network (Morpheus) locks out users

Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:36:03 +0000

StreamCast Networks' Morpheus -- a file-swapping service that many have said would be impossible for courts to shut down -- shut out most of its users Tuesday, citing "technical problems." Computer users... Read more...

File-swapping case may break new ground

Steven Parker — Wed, 07 Nov 2001 17:43:51 +0000

Thanks Warp2search for this. A prominent civil liberties group is jumping to the aid of MusicCity, a popular file-swapping company confronting a lawsuit from the Hollywood and record industry that could blaze new, influential legal... Read more...