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Study: U.S. swappers shrug off copyrights
In a recent study conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project 67% of adult Americans surveyed said they were unconcerned about copyrights associated with music on file-trading networks. The study was conducted from March to May 2003 shortly before the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) started sending out its rampage of subpoenas to P2P users. The numbers were up 5% from 2000 but after the RIAA's attempts to crack down on online music piracy, the numbers might just go down.
According to the articles:
'The Pew study also looked at demographics, finding that income and ethnicity often correlated with file swapping. According to the report, people from lower-income households are more likely to download files online. About 38 percent of American Internet users with an annual household income below $30,000 downloaded files, compared with 26 percent of those with an income above $75,000.'
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ISP sues record industry over subpoena
Pacific Bell Internet Services (PBIS) has issued a lawsuit against the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) claiming that the RIAA, by use of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), has violated Americans' constitutional rights to privacy. PBIS says it supports the RIAA's fight against piracy but that they still may be violating the constitution in doing so.
According to the articles:
'According to the lawsuit, more than 200 of the subpoenas filed against PBIS were issued from the wrong court of jurisdiction, arguing that they should have been issued from the California district court rather than from the Washington, D.C.'
'PBIS also said the subpoenas were overly broad and that the RIAA could not group multiple requests for information on alleged file swappers under a single subpoena.'
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New Napster gets set to rock and roll
Roxio has announced that a new version of Napster (Napster 2.0) is set to be launched sometime before the end of the year. The new napster service will be entirely legal. The new Napster service will be offered in two different ways, by subscription or by a pay-per-download method. No details about cost of subscriptions or downloads have been released yet.
"It will be very reflective of the key characteristics of the original Napster...independence, innovation and freedom of choice," said Chris Gorog, the Chief Executive of Roxio.
According to the articles:
'The details of the launch come amid plans later this year for online music services from several other players including AOL Time Warner's America Online and services from retailers such as Amazon.com.'
'People who use Napster's new service will be able to search for music, listen to preprogrammed radio customized to their tastes, and burn CDs and download music to devices, Gorog said.'
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European firms threaten mass P2P lawsuit
In the wake of the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) rampant issuing of lawsuits against file-traders, several European firms have announced that they may start doing the same. Nothing final has been said but, if the plan goes ahead it will be the biggest action taken against Peer-2-Peer users in Europe. Landwell, the legal aid for PricewaterhouseCoopers, said that it has already gathered 95,000 IP addresses of European file-traders.
According to the article:
'Landwell said it is working with Spain's Technological Investigation Brigade (BIT) on the prosecutions and expects the case to appear in court next month. The action mimics a large-scale assault on alleged file-swappers in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which is in the process of filing several hundred lawsuits against them.'
'However, civil liberties and Internet user groups say they doubt whether the case is valid under Spanish law, or indeed whether it will even be filed, calling it a scare tactic to dampen the use of P2P systems.'
'Article 270 of the Spanish penal code specifically allows people to share files as long as there is no profit involved. Carlos Sanchez Almeida, a lawyer specializing in Internet issues, pointed out that this provision has led to several previous cases related to P2P networks and entertainment-related files being thrown out of court.'
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