The war over music downloads is hotter -- and more confusing-- now than ever. As of February, more than 17,850 people have been sued by the Recording Industry Association of America on charges of ...

Greetings and welcome to another edition of Injustice System. Before we dig into the legal news, I wanted to let you know that Reason's annual webathon is currently underway. If you find this ...

Fourteen unnamed UA students are being sued for copyright infringement by the recording industry's trade association, which accuses the students of illegally downloading or sharing music files over ...

TL;DR: Napster, initially a peer-to-peer file-sharing program launched in 1999, became famous for sharing MP3s but faced legal issues for copyright infringement. After bankruptcy, it transformed into ...

Colleges are a focal point of file sharing because students have access to high-speed Internet service and an interest in music and pop culture that outstrips their financial means. "Yeah it is [wrong ...

Many music fans of a certain age have a fondness for the late 1990s and early 2000s, if for no other reason than they (we) can remember sitting at a computer for hours and hoping at least a portion of ...

Even file-sharing isn't an event anymore. BitTorrent downloads music so fast that there isn't any waiting. If a fan dreams something up, they can have in the matter of minutes. Then, they play the ...