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The court ruled six defendants—including Kazaa's owners Sharman Networks, Sharman's Sydney-based boss Nikki Hemming and associate Kevin Bermeister—had knowingly allowed Kazaa users illegally to swap copyrighted songs. The company was ordered to modify the software within two months (a ruling enforceable only in Australia).
Hilary Rosen was the RIAA's president and chief executive officer from 1998 to 2003 and under her leadership, the company commenced a legal campaign to reduce illegal file-sharing. Rosen has expressed "concern that the lawsuits have outlived most of their usefulness" and that music devices should try "to work better together." [91]
Over a twelve-month period there were 2.4 billion reported downloads of copyrighted works including music, video games, software and films in Spain. Statistics for 2010 indicate that 30% of the Spanish population uses file-sharing websites, double the European average of 15%.
The Universal Music Group and other music labels won a $1.92 million judgment against a Minnesota woman who illegally shared 80 songs with other users over Kazaa, the popular online file-sharing ...
When we want new music, there's a strong temptation to get it for free through file sharing, ripping it from our friends, or downloading it illegally.
April 2015 – Grooveshark, music streaming site, shuts down. [142] August 2015 – Video sharing website Openload.co comes online. [143] The FBI seize the file sharing site ShareBeast and arrest its administrator, Artur Sargsyan. [144] The Recording Industry Association of America considered it America's most prolific file sharing site. [145]
An app that stops piracy. Well, not exactly, but a new app from the Office of Intellectual Property and lobbyist group UK Music aims to educate young music fans about the impact of piracy on their ...
Sharman Networks bought out Kazaa in early 2002 and Morle was recruited as Director of Technology. Kazaa was the main beneficiary of the demise of the first version of Napster in the middle of 2001 and by the beginning of 2003 over 60 million copies had been downloaded. At one point Kazaa was one of the top ten most visited websites in the world.