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Students in hot water for file sharing
News In order for legitimate services to continue their growth, we cannot ignore those who take and distribute music illegally," RIAA president Cary Sherman said. The Recording Industry Association of America filed on Thursday another round of lawsuits... [29 Oct 2004]
Microsoft-SCO tie-up comes to light
News Helping SCO find funding may in fact advance Microsoft goals that are anticompetitive, but it isn't necessarily a basis for a lawsuit under the Sherman Antitrust Act, said Andy Gavil, an antitrust expert at the Howard University School of Law. [12 Mar 2004]
RIAA to target another 532 individuals
News The process by which we identify defendants has changed but the programme has not," RIAA president Cary Sherman said in a press conference to announce the lawsuits. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) launched its largest wave of... [22 Jan 2004]
RIAA stung by court ruling
News RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a statement: "This decision is inconsistent with both the views of Congress and the findings of the district court. Reversing a series of decisions in favour of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA... [22 Dec 2003]
More file-swappers sued by RIAA
News This is an ongoing strategy and the way to let people know that there is a risk of consequences is to continue the programme," RIAA president Cary Sherman said. The Recording Industry Association of America said on Wednesday it had sued another 41... [04 Dec 2003]
RIAA puts its money where its mouth is
News RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a statement: "We are pleased that our efforts to extend illegal file sharers an additional chance to come clean and work out settlements are proving successful. The Recording Industry Association of America on... [31 Oct 2003]
Record industry targets next 204 victims
News RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a statement: "We take the concerns expressed by policy makers and others very seriously. RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a statement: "We take the concerns expressed by policy makers and others very seriously. [20 Oct 2003]
Music download seller sentenced to jail
News Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA, thanked law enforcement officials for holding people responsible for web-based copyright infringement. These cases should put music pirates everywhere on notice," Sherman said. [10 Oct 2003]
RIAA turns on iMesh P2P firm
News RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a statement: "After last week's announcement of 261 lawsuits against individual users.there's a growing awareness that taking music that is not yours off the internet can have real consequences and people are... [22 Sep 2003]
P2P networks are illegal porn haven, claims RIAA
News A day after filing the landmark series of lawsuits against individual file-sharers, RIAA President Cary Sherman cautioned the US Senate that Kazaa could be a tool for adults to lure children into having sex. [10 Sep 2003]
Music industry gears up to fight 'legal' file-swapping
News Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) President Cary Sherman said in a statement Tuesday: "(Wilson's decision) was wrong. The RIAA, which was joined by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the National Music Publishers... [20 Aug 2003]
File-sharers plead for legitimacy
News The law is clear and the message to those who are distributing substantial quantities of music online should be equally clear - this activity is illegal, you are not anonymous when you do it, and engaging in it can have real consequences," said... [02 Jul 2003]
Are you trading MP3s? Then the RIAA wants a word with you...
News Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA, said: "We're going to be sending messages to the very people who are offering music, in real time, as they do it. Sherman believes the campaign, dubbed Music United, may have more effect because it targets file... [30 Apr 2003]
The record industry's next file-swapping target - students
News The people who run these [campus] networks know full well what they are doing - operating a sophisticated network designed to enable widespread music thievery," RIAA president Cary Sherman said in a statement. [04 Apr 2003]
Madster given court order to close
News RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a statement: "This temporary restraining order will certainly make clear that the infringement must stop immediately, whether that is through [Madster's] actions or actions by its internet service provider. [04 Dec 2002]
