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Bootleg vinyl from Russia & China… and 3 other things you might have missed from the RIAA’s latest piracy revelations
13 Oct 2025 23:43 GMT
… from websites where users swap pirated movies and music … Industry Association of America (RIAA).
This year’s submission … basic illicit file-sharing programs (like what Napster used to … on their servers.
The RIAA identifies Krakenfiles, Rapidgator, Chomikuj …
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Could AI music be the industry’s next Napster moment?
02 Oct 2025 08:13 GMT
… downloading and sharing 24 copyrighted songs on the file-sharing service Kazaa.
Yet the … . Then, in June 2024, the RIAA announced that Universal Music Group … compensation.
“Have Everything. Own Nothing,” Napster once claimed. Today’s generative …
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LimeWire says it bought Fyre Festival, asks obvious question
18 Sep 2025 19:44 GMT
… posed by LimeWire, the file-sharing service turned NFT marketplace turned file-sharing service once … , LimeWire was best known as a peer-to-peer file sharing service like Napster … Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The LimeWire brand was then revived in …
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LimeWire and Fyre Festival: Two of the music industry's least favourite brands have joined forces
17 Sep 2025 16:43 GMT
… Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said LimeWire owed them $72 trillion … in damages.
The RIAA demanded $150,000 … and file sharing company in 2022.
As for what is next, LimeWire said …
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also shared
11 Sep 2025 07:38 GMT
… bandmates had done any "file sharing" to create their new … point. But we did some file sharing and stuff like that. Greg … , ultimately, that's what file sharing is all about. It… was certified gold by the RIAA for shipment in excess of …
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Appeals Court Blocks Expedited Subpoenas to Identify Pirates—A Blow to RIAA-Led Major Labels
18 Aug 2025 04:58 GMT
Photo Credit: Joshua Rawson-Harris
On Friday, an appeals court blocked record labels and studios from using expedited subpoenas to identify internet users suspected of illegally downloading and sharing songs, movies, and TV shows online.
According to the …
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Sony Music Sues Napster, Claiming $9M in Unpaid Music Royalties
04 Aug 2025 19:42 GMT
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Napster — not the infamous turn-of-the-century file-sharing site … SoundExchange filed another lawsuit against Napster over accusations of $3 … different licensing deals.
When Napster inked the Infinite Reality … Dr. Dre and the RIAA. Those cases were quickly …
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ICE NINE KILLS Shares 'The Great Unknown' Single And Music Video Inspired By 'The Matrix'
09 Jul 2025 16:47 GMT
RIAA-gold-certified horror metal madmen ICE NINE KILLS unleash "The Great Unknown", a hard-hitting, high-concept single and video which finds the band stepping into the glitching heart of dystopian sci-fi inspired by "The Matrix". Watch …
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Why Napster, Music’s Original Disruptor, Will Never Die
02 Apr 2025 13:36 GMT
… Napster is alive.
Nearly three decades after the peer-to-peer file-sharing … resurrected fellow aughts file-sharing site Limewire as an NFT … such as the RIAA may associate Napster with theft, these … and fan events alongside Napster’s existing streaming platform …
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A look back at Napster: From peer-to-peer file sharing pioneer to early music streaming service
27 Mar 2025 12:29 GMT
… peer-to-peer file-sharing service in 1999, Napster had 20 million … In fact, many users swapped MP3 files, which could be … Industry Association of America (RIAA), which represents the interests … industry.
The lawsuit broke Napster, and RIAA also went after the …