September 13, 2012
A U.S. woman accused of sharing songs online owes record companies $222,000 for willful copyright violations, a federal appeals court in Minneapolis, Minn., said reversing a lower court’s ruling in a long-running lawsuit over music downloading. A three-judge appeals panel …
October 5, 2011
In the age of iTunes and an-app-for-everything, Joel Tenenbaum’s battle with the music industry over illegal downloading seems as relevant as an eight-track cassette. But it turns out the fight could produce something surprisingly enduring: a change in copyright law. …
October 3, 2011
The Supreme Court let stand Monday a ruling that a traditional Internet download of sound recording does not constitute a public performance of the recorded musical work under federal copyright law. The justices refused to review a ruling by a …