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1. Online radio stations agree on royalty payments

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   ... The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) brokered the deal, indicating that it believes the internet may give far more to the record companies than it takes away. The US webcasters face further ...

2. Internet Safety Act: Imposes data retention laws on home Wi-Fi users

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... as the RIAA and the MPAA, who could subpoena records in an attempt to reduce online piracy. The bills state: "A provider of an electronic communication service or remote computing service shall retain ...

3. Obama questions the constitutionality of copyright fines

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   With the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) still in litigation regarding copyright infringement by individuals who downloaded and shared music on peer to peer networks, it has yet to be ...

4. RIAA concerned trial webcast could be manipulated

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

     The RIAA has been "up in arms" regarding the decision to have their pre-trial arguments webcast in an upcoming file-sharing trial. They are nervous that re-runs of the trial will be subject to editing ...

5. $1000 Belkin box promises wireless HD video and audio

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... should make the MPAA and RIAA very happy. Two models of the FlyWire will be sold.  The FlyWire, model AV69003, will retail for $999.99 and has enough power to cover the whole house.  A less ...

6. Who needs D-SUB, DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort? USB rocks!

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... RIAA/MPAA - who are very protective of high-definition content - is an ongoing process: The problem here is that it is nearly impossible to explain that DisplayLink offers protected display path, we were ...

7. President Bush caught in a little iPod scandal

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... it to the music player. As we all should know, this is a big no-no, at least according to the RIAA. Is Bush breaking the law? Chicago (IL) - In a recent Fox News interview, Bush shared his affection ...

8. Interview with RapidShare: "You can’t turn back time"

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... the quickest to react.   TG Daily: We all know what happened with Napster back in the early 2000s. Organizations such as the RIAA, or in this case the German GEMA, rarely agree to a compromise and ...

9. Canada's RIAA rejects $5/month fee per Internet user for unlimited access to all copyrighted music

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

   Canada - The Canadian Record Industry Association (CRIA), Canada's equivalent of the US's RIAA, has rejected a proposal that would've tacked on an additional $5 per Internet account per month ...

10. Jammie Thomas's music download appeal fails

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    The US Department of Justice failed to side with Jammie Thomas in her appeal that called a $222,000 award to the RIAA unconstitutional. Minneapolis (MN) - The US Department of Justice failed to side with ...

11. Attorney: Appeal of $222,000 verdict could stop RIAA’s lawsuit “machine”

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    In an interview given to CNN this morning, Jammie Thomas and her attorney Brian Toder announced that they would appeal the $222,000 judgment handed to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) ...

12. Can 24 songs be worth $222,000?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Opinion - By now you have probably heard it: The RIAA scored a big win in the first tried music file-sharing case: The music industry was awarded a stunning $222,000 or $9250 for each song covered by ...

13. Former RIAA defendant wants payback

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Former RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen is now suing the major record labels and the RIAA for negligent and illegal investigation and prosecution. Beaverton (OR) – Former RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen ...

14. Zune zooms out to retailers across the country

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... standard. It retailed for $200 for the 32 MB version, and $250 for 64 MB. The Rio also set the tone for years to come when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed a lawsuit against the ...

15. RIAA gives allegedly phony rap to innocent man

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    In yet another wave of suits filed against illegal music downloaders, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed a suit against various people in the Northern district of Illinois. ...

16. Defendant countersues RIAA, claiming privacy violations, extortion

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    ... the RIAA. An already vocal opponent of activities by the Recording Industry Association of America, which had named her among other individuals in a lawsuit alleging illegal file-trading activities, ...

17. RIAA to expand attack on file swappers

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      The RIAA on Thursday announced another round of lawsuits on Thursday against 765 "Internet thieves" across the United States, emboldened by last month's decision by the Supreme Court that said file ...

18. File-Sharing Arguments proceed in U.S. Federal District Court

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... Grokster file-swapping networks against the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the film studios, and various artists and writers. The lawyers for the file-sharing services companies Streamcast ...

19. Internet Service Provider Defies Record Label Subpoena to Identify Music Sharer

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... reveal the name of one of its Internet subscribers accused of copyright violations. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the trade label acting on behalf of the recording companies, has ...

20. Music sucks, RIAA blames Internet - Update

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... yeah! Any of you downloading Spears' songs? You should be ashamed of yourselves. Of course, the RIAA, the music industry's henchmen of digital rights enforcement, may not have been briefed on the possibility ...

21. Intel slams copy protected PCs, Senator slams Intel

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... on behalf of his MPAA and RIAA handlers would stifle growth in the marketplace, Thomas Greene writes. Entertainment industry lapdog Senator Fritz Hollings (Democrat, South Carolina) lashed out at Intel ...

22. Napster offers $1 billion for peace

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... the process more effective and faster. Also, the Recording Industry Association of America has released more data that it says proves file-sharing of copyrighted music hurts music sales. The RIAA says ...

23. Lawmakers want MP3.com legalized

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... of 2000" would give MP3.com the right to do what it has been sued for doing by the RIAA and the "Big Five" record labels. MP3.com has been lobbying for such a change in law. To learn more, see news.com. ...