Tag Archive: RIAA

ROUNDUP: LimeWire owes RIAA millions?; Judge questions copyright lawsuit jamming; NYT: all your RSS belongs to us

LimeWire owes RIAA millions billions? Thirteen music industry giants and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) are looking freeze the assets of P2P file sharing service LimeWire post copyright suit: via Reuters. Judge questions copyright lawsuit jamming US District Court Judge Collyer demands a justification for the US Copyright Group joining 4,577 defendants into [...]

Promotional use only: Court hears appeal of ‘First Sale’ doctrine decision (UMG v. Augusto)

Buy it once, shame on me — Sell it — you can’t get sell it again. It turns out I can’t get the saying right either. Three years ago, Troy Augusto, operating as roastbeastmusic, was sued by Universal Music Group (UMG) for selling used CDs on eBay. At issue were 26 CDs (Promo CDs) originally [...]

RIAA awarded $675,000 in damages from Ph.D. student

From Ars Technica.