But on the net we have at least one company paid by the music industry to clog up sites and servers with bogus MP3 files in an attempt to crush peer-to-peer file sharing. Or perhaps being able to clog the mail system with bogus letters and parcels?
UK firms are still allowing widespread illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing on their corporate networks despite the threat of legal action from record companies and the security risk it poses. Two-thirds of those surveyed claim their...
The sacking of an IT consultant after he appeared on BBC 2's Newsnight TV programme, to comment on the US Supreme Court file-sharing ruling against Grokster last week, raises some interesting issues. He was invited because he had been served legal...
Illegal file-sharing is still on the rise - but has failed to match the huge increase in legal digital music. According to figures from international music industry trade body the IFPI, the number of illegal music files available on file-sharing...
The UK record industry is claiming a landmark victory after the High Court ordered two men to pay thousands of pounds in fines and damages for illegally distributing music downloads using file-sharing software.
UK internet service providers have joined forces with the UK record industry to crack down on illegal file sharing. ISPs are obliged to work with the music industry and rights' holders to bring about a "significant reduction" in illegal file...