RIAA Pressure Shutters Muxtape
Muxtape, a free, online mixtape service, has been shuttered temporarily due to pressure from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). No real details have been divulged except for a small note on Muxtape’s homepage that reads: “Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA.” The call from the RIAA was probably no surprise to the site’s founders. The site...
Tufts University Tells RIAA To Piss Off – Cites Antiquated Technology
Tufts University is rebuffing efforts by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to learn the identities of students who allegedly were file-sharing copyrighted works. Tufts claims that their antiquated network infrastructure makes it impossible to link the identity of a student to a specific IP address. University spokesperson, Mary Jeka, informed the federal judge presiding over the case that “[Tufts] recognizes...






