Read more Recording Industry Association of America stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/427/recording-industry-association-of-america.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:50:36 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/65808/student-must-pay-675k-for-illegal-downloads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Boston graduate student must pay $675,000 to the music industry for illegally downloading 30 songs, a federal jury ordered today. Joel Tenenbaum, 25, essentially admitted yesterday to grabbing the music via file-sharing network KaZaA. The fine averages out to $22,500 per song—significantly less than the $80,...http://www.newser.com/story/65808/student-must-pay-675k-for-illegal-downloads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 17:22:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55657/file-sharing-lawyers-stunts-shock-peers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharles Nesson has thrown out the standard playbook in his defense of a Boston University student being sued by the RIAA for file sharing. The storied Harvard Law professor is posting everything related to the case online, including a secretly taped conversation with the judge and opposing counsel, and even...http://www.newser.com/story/55657/file-sharing-lawyers-stunts-shock-peers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 13:29:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/11276/pirate-act-to-take-senate-floor-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLegislation that would enable the Justice Department to prosecute those who partake in peer-to-peer copyright infringement is coming before Congress—for the fourth time—now sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy and John Conryn. But while it's popular among lawmakers and corporate copyright holders alike, the Pirate Act hasn't seen too...http://www.newser.com/story/11276/pirate-act-to-take-senate-floor-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Nov 2007 13:55:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10860/oregon-moves-to-quash-riaa-subpoenas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe University of Oregon will support 17 students the RIAA accused of illegal file-sharing. Represented by the Oregon Attorney General's office, the university requested a federal judge invalidate the RIAA's subpoena seeking the students' names. The school argued the subpoena puts an undue burden on it to "create documents that...http://www.newser.com/story/10860/oregon-moves-to-quash-riaa-subpoenas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Nov 2007 15:08:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/8569/campaign-against-music-piracy-goes-to-first-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recording industry has initiated over 20,000 lawsuits against individuals since it launched its zero-tolerance copyright campaign against file-sharing in 2003, but never before has one gone to trial. Now a jury will decide whether a young mother illegally distributed 1,702 audio files on the peer-to-peer network Kazaa.http://www.newser.com/story/8569/campaign-against-music-piracy-goes-to-first-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Oct 2007 11:42:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3894/radio-should-pay-to-play-artists-argue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's time AM and FM radio broadcasters started paying for the music they play, a group of music industry types has decided. They're lobbying Congress to amend the federal law that has exempted terrestrial radio from paying artists' royalties for nearly a century, Business Week reports.http://www.newser.com/story/3894/radio-should-pay-to-play-artists-argue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Jul 2007 18:26:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/475/lawsuits-aimed-at-swapping-students.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recording industry is bringing out the big guns in its battle to stop illegal music downloads, threatening to sue hundreds of college students each month if they don't stop swapping swiped tunes. The kids need to be taught some download etiquette, says RIAA President Cary Sherman. "Remember that the...http://www.newser.com/story/475/lawsuits-aimed-at-swapping-students.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Mar 2007 22:40:12 CST