Music Companies Embrace P2P File-Sharing
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Even as the RIAA continues to sue downloaders of illegal music over file-sharing networks, some music companies are finally finding ways to use P2P to their advantage.
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Three major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to be shared and sold over a new online file-swapping service that aims to lure music fans away from rival
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Napster creator Shawn Fanning introduces a new licensed file-sharing service with unlimited choice of tracks.
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Napster creator Shawn Fanning, who turned the music industry on its head with his file trading technology, has re-emerged with a new company that hopes to facilitate agreements between peer-to-peer services and the record companies, making it easier for
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LOS ANGELES Oct 29, 2004 - Sony BMG Music Entertainment and online peer-to-peer software distributor Grokster are working on a new venture that is expected to offer paid and free song downloads over the Internet, sources say.
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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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New music sharing network allows users to amass points by referring buyers.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - There was a time when the  phrase "peer-to-peer" (P2P) was practically a curse word in the  music industry.
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Record labels typically view peer-to-peer networks like pirate ships &#151; plundering their profits through illegal song swaps. They have sued the networks. They have sued file-sharers. Now this ironic twist: Record companies are hopping aboard a new generation of paid peer-to-peer networks.
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The drive to develop legal peer-to-peer online music services, where consumers share songs over the internet, received a boost this week when three of the four major record
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The digital music battle of the  future may not be over where music is purchased, but where and  how it is stored.
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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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The arrival of software that lets you search for and record digital music off the airwaves could raise legal issues that will make the P2P skirmishes look quaint by comparison.
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The UK music industry has scored a legal victory with a High Court ruling that requires Internet service providers to provide names and addresses of British citizens who share copyrighted music over peer-to-peer computer networks.
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Software developer Wurld Media has devised a way to bridge the gap between the freewheeling peer to peer downloads community and the music companies who would like to be paid.
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A revamped online file-sharing service aims to woo legions of music fans by offering unlimited, free song downloads that are compatible with iPods, and all with the blessing of major recording companies.
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LOS ANGELES Nov 25, 2004 - Three major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to be shared and sold over a new online file-swapping service that aims to lure music fans away from rival services where trading of music and movies