FileSharing

The Universal Music Group and other music labels won a $1.92 million judgment against a Minnesota woman who illegally shared 80 songs with other users over Kazaa, the popular online file-sharing service.That's right: The federal jury decided that the piracy was worth $80,000 per song. The...

A major battle in the digital rights war started Monday as the industry's lawsuit against the largest file-sharing site on the internet, Swedish-based Pirate Bay, began in Stockholm. The $14 million in damages requested from music and film companies is only a drop in the bucket compared to the...

There has been an ongoing battle between the music industry and the creators and distributors of technology that makes digital music a reality for millions of customers. The music industry's complaint has long been that they're not getting enough revenue this way (even though it's a fact that Apple...

The entertainment industry seems ready to admit defeat in its attempt to bludgeon the music and video-consuming public into giving up their file sharing habits. Despite thousands of lawsuits against students who download "free" content via sites such as Pirate Bay, the industry is still carping...