RIAA Sends 15,000 Illegal File Sharing Complaints To Universities

Approximately 15,000 students from 25 colleges and universities in the United Stated have received complaints from the RIAA alleging illegal music file sharing. The top five offending schools were Ohio, Purdue, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Tennessee and the University of South Carolina. This totals nearly triple the number for the previous school year. But the RIAA seems convinced the program is working....

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Viacom Enters Licensing Deal With Joost

Viacom has announced a licensing deal with Joost, a new Internet service that specializes in commercial video content. The announcement comes just two weeks after the concern ordered Google to pull its content off of YouTube. The deal, which comes right on the heels of the recent collapse of similar talks between Viacom and YouTube, involves licensing content from MTV, Paramount studios, Comedy Central and Spike. Financial details...

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