Read more file sharing stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4083/file-sharing.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:31:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69691/to-save-the-music-industry-ban-music-and-whistling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe music industry wants royalties for the 30-second previews on iTunes—which is "bullshit," writes Nicholas DeLeon for TechGear. It's yet another foolish move in the battle to save the music industry, complains DeLeon. Luckily, he has a "foolproof" way to do just that: Ban music, "shut the whole damn...http://www.newser.com/story/69691/to-save-the-music-industry-ban-music-and-whistling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 9:38:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69129/how-to-save-the-music-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe album is dead. Touring is on the fade. File-sharing is killing download profits. Adieu, music biz? Not so fast, reports The Wrap, which offers five fixes: Drop the price . Ninety-nine cents for a song? Try 10. "Lower the price point, and you undercut the very foundation of illegal downloading....http://www.newser.com/story/69129/how-to-save-the-music-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 19:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64728/new-pirate-bay-goes-legal-with-fee-payback-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnder new ownership, the beleaguered file-sharing powerhouse Pirate Bay is going legit through an innovative payment model, the AP reports. The new system will involve user fees, but users can work those off—or even earn a profit—in part by sharing their computers' storage capacity with the Pirate Bay...http://www.newser.com/story/64728/new-pirate-bay-goes-legal-with-fee-payback-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Jul 2009 14:18:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63180/swedish-firm-nabs-pirate-bay-for-77m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Swedish software company has purchased file-sharing site Pirate Bay for $7.7 million after the site was fined $3.6 million, the Register reports. “We would like to introduce models which entail that content providers and copyright owners get paid for content that is downloaded via the site,” said...http://www.newser.com/story/63180/swedish-firm-nabs-pirate-bay-for-77m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 7:00:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62287/minnesota-mom-fined-19m-for-illegal-music-downloads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Minnesota woman has been fined $80,000 per song for each of 24 music files she illegally downloaded, CNN reports. The court ordered Jammie Thomas to pay $1.92 million to the Recording Industry of America. Her original trial—America's first for music file-sharing—granted the RIAA just $220,...http://www.newser.com/story/62287/minnesota-mom-fined-19m-for-illegal-music-downloads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 4:12:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61518/french-court-throws-out-anti-piracy-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrance’s constitutional council today shot down the country’s newly minted “three strikes” law against Internet piracy, Ars Technica reports. The council said the law, which set up an administrative body to punish pirates, violated basic principles of French law, assigning essentially judicial duties to a non-judicial body, and putting the...http://www.newser.com/story/61518/french-court-throws-out-anti-piracy-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Jun 2009 14:26:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61272/swedish-pirate-party-scores-eu-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSweden’s Pirate Party scored a major victory last night, capturing one of the country’s 18 seats in the European parliament, AFP reports. The party—which advocates for the legalization of peer-to-peer file sharing, stronger digital privacy protections, and reforms in copyright law—was formed in 2006 and saw its membership...http://www.newser.com/story/61272/swedish-pirate-party-scores-eu-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 5:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59857/eu-parliament-next-stop-for-pro-piracy-party.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSwedish pirates could soon be invading the European parliament, the Times of London reports. The Pirate Party, a political group whose sole aim is encouraging Internet copyright infringement, is poised to win several seats in next month’s elections. “The plan is Sweden, Europe, the world—in that order,” said the...http://www.newser.com/story/59857/eu-parliament-next-stop-for-pro-piracy-party.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 12:34:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58718/authors-want-boom-lowered-on-book-pirates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA surge in book piracy has followed hot on the heels of the growth in ebooks, the New York Times reports. Publishers trying to stamp out unauthorized editions online say the ease with which books can now be copied online make their efforts little more than a game of "Whac-a-Mole,...http://www.newser.com/story/58718/authors-want-boom-lowered-on-book-pirates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 5:25:48 CDT