http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/13/verizon.will.warn.users.wont.cut.off/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/verizontruck-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The RIAA confirmed late Thursday that Verizon has agreed to test notices of alleged copyright infringement to its subscribers. Each notice, which is relayed to Verizon first, will alert downloaders that they're believed to have pirated material and that the act is illegal. The warnings should already be enroute to customers, but it's unknown when the trial would stop.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/13/verizon.will.warn.users.wont.cut.off/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/20/riaa.declares.drm.dead/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0809/riaaold.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Long-time proponent of digital rights management (DRM) protection for music files, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has finally acknowledged that DRM has become obsolete, according to a recent report from TorrentFreak. DRM prevents buyers of digital music tracks from copying them to other devices in an attempt to curb illegal copying. But now, with major music retailers abandon... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/20/riaa.declares.drm.dead/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/06/thomas.fights.riaa.damages/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/gavel.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Following an unsuccessful legal battle against the RIAA, Jammie Thomas-Rasset has asked a federal court for a new trial or a reduction of the $1.92 million in damages she was recently ordered to pay, according to CNET News. The defense lawyers have argued that the recent judgment is disproportionate to the crime, with approximately $80,000 placed on each of the 24 copyrighted songs she is accused ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/06/thomas.fights.riaa.damages/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/02/riaa.defendant.to.appeal/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/gavel.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Jammie Thomas-Rasset plans to appeal the recent court decision ordering her to pay $1.92 million in a case involving the RIAA. The legal battle has followed several twists, with the initial filing only leading to damages totaling $222,000 before the decision was thrown out. The federal jury present for the retrial, however, tacked on another $1.7 million.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/02/riaa.defendant.to.appeal/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/24/riaa.forced.settle/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/gavel.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />RIAA member Universal Music Group this past weekend was forced to settle a music file sharing lawsuit it had filed against New Hampshire resident Mavis Roy. The label dropped its case after evidence provided by anti-piracy snooping firm MediaSentry was successfully challenged by the defense's expert witness Dr. Sergey Bratus. Among other key problems with the data, the defense pointed out that R... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/24/riaa.forced.settle/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/19/thomas.guilty.in.retrial/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/gavel.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The long-standing legal battle between Jammie Thomas-Rasset and the Recording Industry Association of America closed another chapter, as the federal retrial found the defendant liable for willful copyright infringement, with the jury ordering her to pay a whopping $1.92 million in penalties. According to a Thursday Ars Technica report, the total damage award of $1.92 million was more than a $1.7 m... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/19/thomas.guilty.in.retrial/ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/22/riaa.filesharing.money/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/riaaold.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Lawyers are now challenging some of the basic tactics of the RIAA's campaign against filesharing, reports note. The most powerful allegations have been put forth in the defense of college student Brittany English, whose pro bono lawyer, K.A.D. Camara, has asked courts to declare RIAA damage requests unconstitutional. The group has asked for unreasonable statutory damages in a ratio as high as 15... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/22/riaa.filesharing.money/ Fri, 22 May 2009 17:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/12/france.approves.3.strikes/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/frenchnationalassembly.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The French National Assembly today approved a modified version of the three-strikes law meant to combat online piracy. Following an earlier rejection of an initial version, the government body voted 296-233 in favor of the bill, which would send two warnings to users caught allegedly trading illegally copied media and require that Internet providers disconnect users after a third offense.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/12/france.approves.3.strikes/ Tue, 12 May 2009 18:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/06/riaa.still.filing.lawsuits/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/riaaold.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Despite announcing back in December that it would stop suing individual file sharers and use ISP monitoring instead, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is still filing such lawsuits, says a Tuesday TechDirt article. Not only is it going against what it said before, but RIAA lawyers are claiming the Association never made such a statement in a letter to Congress.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/06/riaa.still.filing.lawsuits/ Wed, 06 May 2009 20:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/24/riaa.case.held.for.appeal/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/riaaold.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A recent lawsuit filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on behalf of Arista Records against 16 students at the Albany Campus of the State University of New York is being put on hold while an appeals court investigates what happened in the lower courts. An appeal by one of the unnamed 'John Doe' students, identified only as #3, was granted (PDF) by an appeals court on Wednesd... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/24/riaa.case.held.for.appeal/ Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:35:00 GMT