RIAA Reportedly Close To Solidifying Deals With Leading ISPs To Police Networks
The Recording Industry Association of America is reportedly putting the final touches on deals with the leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the States to police their networks for illegal file sharing. The RIAA announced that they were dropping their unpopular litigation campaign last month, but that may be because they have offered ISPs a sweet incentive deal to clean up their dirty pipes. Although, the “leading...
RIAA Takes Another Shot To The Chin – The End Is Near
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has lost another round in their prolonged battle with Jammie Thomas, a 30-year-old woman from Minnesota. A federal judge has denied the RIAAs request for an appeal of an earlier decision to grant a retrial in its copyright infringement case against Thomas. Prior, a jury found that Thomas had violated copyright laws by “making available” 1,700 songs via the Kazaa...