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File-sharing programs carry Trojan horse

January 3, 2002 Popular file-sharing programs Grokster and LimeWire are privacy time bombs, say computer experts who found "spyware" bundled with the downloads. TAGS: file-swapping, Grokster Ltd., LimeWire, trojan horse, computer expert, file-sharing, Kazaa, Symantec Corp., download, code, spyware, antivirus

Kazaa finds friends in file-swapping fight

May 16, 2002 Computer and telecommunication giants are pushing a proposal shouldered until now by file-swapping upstarts: Make downloading a song online as legal as listening to the radio. TAGS: file-swapping, Sharman Networks Ltd., Kazaa, record company, telecommunications, Verizon Communications, proposal, antipiracy, technology company, radio, home PC, music, broadband, Internet Service Provider, movie

Open-source P2P projects keep swapping

July 15, 2005 Supreme Court ruling casts cloud over commercial file-trading companies, but independent projects continue unabated. TAGS: file-swapping, Shareaza, file-trading, open source, Grokster Ltd., open-source project, court, piracy, project, lawyer, LimeWire, P2P, software company, programming

File-swapping leaders nearing D-day

February 1, 2006 With record labels' lawsuit threats pending, time left for eDonkey and its peers to make deals is running short. TAGS: eDonkey, file-swapping, P2P, iMesh, software company, online music company, negotiation, file-sharing, music, movie, Sony Corp.

Industries digest Grokster ruling

June 29, 2005 Companies mull how Supreme Court's decision will change the landscape for the file-swapping and entertainment industries. TAGS: file-swapping, Grokster Ltd., iMesh, StreamCast Networks, eDonkey, P2P, LimeWire, landscape, software company, decision, movie

New plans for P2P commerce, despite court wait

June 22, 2005 Uncertainty about impending Supreme Court decision isn't stopping new companies' ideas for file-swapping profits. TAGS: file-swapping, Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Grokster Ltd., P2P, copyright violation, file-swapping network, Altnet, commerce, search result, Gnutella, Britney Spears, founder, LimeWire, software company, Google Inc.

Altnet seeks patent royalties from P2P

January 12, 2005 File-swapping companies find themselves on same side as the recording industry in patent dispute. TAGS: Altnet, file-swapping company, file-swapping, patent, peer-to-peer company, P2P, RIAA, LimeWire

Kiss your MP3s at work goodbye

June 27, 2002 Employees are stashing headphones and trashing file-swapping software as companies throw up firewalls or issue bans to stop streaming media and MP3 trades. TAGS: file-swapping, RIAA, streaming media, corporation, Time Warner Inc., bandwidth, MP3, headphones, president, firewall, video

Last waltz for Grokster

November 7, 2005 File-swap stalwart to pull plug on P2P network, hand $50 million in damages to studios, labels, publishers. TAGS: Grokster Ltd., StreamCast Networks, file-swapping, file-swapping network, settlement, entertainment company, P2P, attorney, agreement, analysis, entertainment, movie

BitTorrent to crack down on use of name

February 7, 2006 File-swapping company will begin to charge small license fee for use of BitTorrent trademark in others' software. TAGS: BitTorrent, Bram Cohen, file-swapping, movies

Record labels send more letters to P2P services

September 15, 2005 Recording Industry Association of America sends cease-and-desists to seven P2P services it says induce copyright infringement. TAGS: RIAA, Grokster Ltd., file-swapping, WinMX, P2P, LimeWire, spokesperson, letter, decision

How label-backed P2P was born

August 22, 2005 A look at how top record label and P2P execs worked for a cease-fire--and wound up with a new kind of digital music service. TAGS: Grokster Ltd., peer-to-peer company, file-swapping, P2P, recording industry, CEO

MPAA sues newsgroup, P2P search sites

February 24, 2006 Hollywood expands the scope of its antipiracy lawsuits, targeting sites that search the Web and newsgroups for copyright works. TAGS: P2P, eDonkey, file-swapping, newsgroup, lawsuit, search engine, antipiracy, Hollywood, movie, Google Inc.

Year in review: P2P retreat, iTunes advance

December 17, 2005 Courts helped tame file swappers, while legal digital music sales soared. TAGS: file-swapping, digital music, P2P, Apple iTunes, lead, Steve Jobs, Apple Computer, music, Apple iPod, U.S., cell phone, Sony Corp., CD, TV, Microsoft Corp.

Studios, RIAA target student piracy

April 27, 2006 Organizations send letters to 40 universities, urgently asking them to curtail illegal file sharing on their school networks. TAGS: RIAA, university, file-swapping, piracy, initiative, organization, file-sharing, LAN, letter, school, student, president, music

BearShare P2P service sold following settlement

May 5, 2006 Free Peers strikes agreement with four record companies, then sells BearShare to subsidiary of file-sharing service iMesh. TAGS: iMesh, subsidiary, file-swapping, settlement, RIAA, P2P, acquisition, judgment, operator, file-sharing, digital music, asset

Does video have a Napster problem?

March 13, 2006 As Hollywood adapts to online realities, video-sharing sites could soon face a day of reckoning. TAGS: Napster Inc., copyright infringement, Metallica, eDonkey, file-swapping, P2P, Usenet, file-sharing, video, CEO, YouTube, movie, TV

StreamCast names Skype, Kazaa in lawsuit

March 27, 2006 The owner of P2P application Morpheus is suing over the technology underlying Skype's Net phone software. TAGS: StreamCast Networks, Skype, Kazaa, Sharman Networks Ltd., defendant, suit, file-swapping, Morpheus, lawsuit, attorney, P2P

Playing favorites on the Net?

December 21, 2005 A proposal in Congress could tip the scales toward some services and create a two-tiered Internet. TAGS: broadband provider, file-swapping, Amazon.com Inc., BellSouth Corp., e-commerce, AT&T Corp., broadband, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., TV, video, Microsoft Corp.

Leaked e-mails reveal MediaDefender's antipiracy woes

September 20, 2007 Messages portray a company overwhelmed by file-swapping community and skepticism from entertainment executives.MediaDefender is wake-up call for entertainment sector TAGS: antipiracy, file-sharing, music industry, entertainment, file-swapping, Napster Inc., P2P file sharing, P2P, e-mail, Sony Corp., security
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