First file-sharing defendant seeks reversal from Supreme Court 
Published: December 18, 2012
Tags: Copyright Act, due process, file sharing, music downloading, Recording Industry Association of America, U.S. Supreme Court
After three separate verdicts and more than five years of litigation, file-sharing defendant Jammie Thomas-Rasset has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Music downloading verdict leads to constitutional challenge
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: November 19, 2010
Tags: copyright, file sharing, music downloading, Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA
The lawyers for a Minnesota woman who downloaded 24 songs are planning to challenge the third verdict against her on constitutional grounds.
Woman ordered to pay $1.5 million for sharing songs
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: November 5, 2010
Tags: file sharing, Minnesota, RIAA
A Minnesota woman was ordered to pay $1.5 million for illegally downloading 24 songs, in her third trial in three years. The verdict was hailed by the record industry as justified.
Cable company’s $16 million web-slowdown accord approved
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: July 12, 2010
Tags: file sharing, Internet Service Provider, Pennsylvania
Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable company, won final approval of a $16 million settlement of consumers’ claims that it intentionally delayed some file transfers over its high-speed Internet service.
Court rules file-sharing service infringed copyrights
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: May 14, 2010
Tags: copyright infringement, file sharing, internet, RIAA
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that LimeWire, the popular file-sharing service, was liable for copyright infringement, the latest in a growing list of decisions against services that allow users to easily distribute music and videos around the Internet at no cost.
