Indy rocker rips file-sharing policies
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Plus: Was Einstein a plagiarist? [News.com Extra]
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We know what piracy debaters Lars Ulrich and Chuck D think of file sharing. But aside from the few who speak out publicly, musical artists typically sit out the rhetorical crossfire over copyright protection. This silent majority is the central focus of a new survey on Internet file-sharing, which discovered a significant sentiment: Most artists don't view unauthorized swapping of music and movies as a threat to their livelihood, even if many think it should be illegal.
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The Nine Inch Nails rocker talks to News.com about the future of music on the Internet and about leaving the record labels behind
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In yet more file sharing news, NME is reporting that Napster founder Shawn Fanning is planning another legal music download service that will reportedly have an almost limitless amount of tracks.
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Microsoft's efforts to loosen up access to closely held music owned by record labels has an unintended consequence: It punishes artists who want to share. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
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The Great Copyright Debate Interview Convincing internet users who are used to gorging themselves on free movies and music that they shouldn't do it may be like telling Pope Urban VIII the Earth goes round the Sun, but the government claims it's possible - by rejigging the copyright laws.â¦
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Inside the P2P talks Exclusive The record industry is pressing the UK's ISPs for a deal that would see persistent illegal file sharers automatically booted off the net.â¦
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So-called FairUse program breaks copy protection on Windows Media Player.
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Contrary to messages from the music industry, not all file sharing rips off artists. Weed, a peer-to-peer file sharing program, provides a way for people to share music and pay artists. By Katie Dean.
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Pirated versions of U2's new album "How  to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" have emerged on Internet  file-sharing networks two weeks before it goes on sale,  throwing into question its official release date.
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TechWeb - Web sites for Indymedia, a Texas company, were knocked offline when the servers housing them were seized in Britain. Indymedia and civil libertarians are charging censorship.
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The BPI, the UK record industryâs trade association, is targeting people who make their music collection available on the internet, illegally, for other web users to share.
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Hollywood sues hundreds of files sharers and hobbles hardware in war on piracy.
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A file-sharing program called BitTorrent has become a behemoth, devouring more than a third of the Internet's bandwidth, and Hollywood's copyright cops are taking notice.
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Music industry icon complains that the onus is on artists and rights' creators to police YouTube at their own expense.
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Just because your friends distribute 20,000 copyrighted works... An Illinois man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his part in an organized online software distribution conspiracy, the US Department of Justice announced late last week. That's warez, if you don't prefer the grandiose.â¦
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'Worse than P2P' The Recording Industry Ass. of America has now attacked a company that provides access to internet newsgroups.â¦