Music Industry Spurned by Court
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court decision holding that the recording industry can&#39;t force internet service providers to turn over the names of users trading music files online, effectively stopping one of the legal
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The makers of two leading file-sharing programs are not legally liable for the songs, movies and other copyright works swapped online by their users, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a stinging blow to the entertainment industry.
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A federal judge Friday struck down a 1994 law banning the sale of bootleg recordings of live music, ruling the law unfairly grants "seemingly perpetual protection" to the original performances.
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A claim of copyright infringement against pop star Beyonce Knowles is dismissed by a US court.
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AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19 - Affirming a lower court decision, a federal appellate court ruled Thursday that the distributors of software used by millions of people to exchange music files over the Internet cannot be held liable for aiding ...
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For years, record labels have been reluctant to release music in unrestricted MP3 formats, but now some music companies are reversing course on the copy protections and playback restrictions originally designed to reduce piracy.
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A U.S. appeals court has rejected a tactic used by the music industry to identify alleged file-swappers in order to sue them, marking the second time a federal court has struck down subpoenas that seek names of Internet service provider (ISP) subscribers.
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NEW YORK - The US Supreme Court struck a blow for the free market and consumer choice. The Justices today denied an appeal by Visa and MasterCard that prevented most US financial institutions from doing business with competing networks such as Discover.
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The music industry has fired the first shot in its legal battle with internet file sharers after winning a court order forcing internet service providers to hand over
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Just over a year ago, the recording industry unleashed its first barrage of lawsuits against people who share music online - a move that appeared to curtail illegal file swapping briefly.
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A European court swept aside Microsoft&#39;s objections yesterday and ordered it to offer a version of its Windows operating system without its software for playing digital music and movies on personal computers.
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Internet providers do not have to give music firms the names of illegal file-sharers, rules Europe's top court.
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The Supreme Court yesterday declined to examine a lower-court ruling that forces music industry investigators to file a lawsuit to uncover the identities of people who may be copying their songs online.
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StreamCast, which owns the Morpheus P2P Network has formally asked the US Supreme Court to reject requests made by the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to revisit lower court decisions
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But look to lawsuit stick rather than iTunes carrot for the cause
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - A surprising new court ruling could  have a profound impact on the use of samples in hip-hop and  other recordings.
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Europe's top court on Tuesday dealt a blow to the defenders of authors' rights, upholding a Spanish Internet provider's refusal to reveal the identity of customers sharing music downloads.