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Internet File Sharing

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Jon Christopher Baker's alleged child porn stash: 30,000 photos, 1,400 videos

    A lot of us have hard drives crammed to bursting with photos and videos. But even by those standards, Jon Christopher Baker's array of images stands out. One computer apparently stored 30,000 photos and 1,400 videos. Oh yeah: The collection allegedly consisted of child pornography.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    The problems with SOPA and its sweeping side effects

    Remember that mixtape you made for your high-school sweetheart? Or that time you taped a movie off cable? Turns out you were breaking the law, pirating copyrighted materials without permission. While the statute of limitations has probably long passed on your crimes of teenage passion, entertainme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Songza tops our list of music apps this week

    Music apps are quickly taking over our smartphones, turning music into toys, productivity tools and providing free tunes no matter where we are. This week, we've got a few great ways to find music and stream it, plus one of the best score readers for iPad yet.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Alki David gathers some hip-hop and R&B acts and trolls CBS over Limewire distribution

    ​This might be some of the weirdest copyright related news we've run across in a while. FilmOn founder Alki David has teamed up with a slew of musicians to file a lawsuit against CBS Interactive and CNET over CNET's distribution of LimeWire. Back in November, a federal judge had to issue a res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    LimeWire wins legal consolation prize, but remains screwed

    ​File sharing site LimeWire is currently at the front lines of the battle over online media distribution. They've already lost the suit brought against them by thirteen record companies, the site is boarded up and now they're negotiating damages. This is where things get interesting for the ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    ICE seizes torrent websites in Wack-a-mole-esque operation

    Kicking ass and seizing websites​When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) isn't prowling our borders for drug traffickers, it's prowling our digital borders and shutting down torrent domains that facilitate the piracy of copyrighted material. But seizing a domain name is a lot like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    LimeWire shut down by permanent injunction

    ​Looking for WMAs of Third Eye Blind? You're going to have to look elsewhere. Effective immediately, LimeWire, the popular peer-to-peer file sharing service, has gone the way of pagers, payphones and the Walkman. In 2006, the music industry filed a suit against the service for a "massive sca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Court cuts peer-to-peer file sharing penalty by a factor of ten

    ​Back in college, perhaps you found yourself loading up Kazaa and Limewire after a drunken night of revelry, trying desperately to find a copy of "Man! I Feel Like a Woman," before passing out at your desk, not realizing you were sharing an entire library of music the whole time. If you manage ... More >>

  • Music

    April 2, 2009

    Bonnie Prince Billy

    Saturday, April 5, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

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    February 15, 2007

    The Shins

    Thursday, February 15, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

  • Music

    November 10, 2005

    Don Williams

    Friday, November 11, Grizzly Rose, 303-295-1330.

  • Music

    September 18, 2003

    The Beatdown

    The music industry is in a shambles, but Suburban Home is celebrating independence day.

  • Goods & Services

    March 27, 2003
  • Music

    December 20, 2001

    Industrial Revolution

    Napster's gone, but the record industry's copyright woes aren't.

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