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January 3, 2005 ../ RIAA Loses Second P2P Identity AppealThe Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) lost its second appeal in the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth District in St. Louis. The 2-1 ruling affirmed another appeals court decision that the music industry cannot force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to identify their users who are suspected of downloading copyrighted music over the Internet.The ruling is another blow to the RIAA who has been struggling to stay above legal water in their fight against illegal downloading and Peer-To-Peer (P2P) network piracy. The court cited a Missouri case involving Charter Communications as the determining factor for their decision. In that case, it was concluded that the ISP was not immediately responsible for the actions of about one hundred of their customers, and should not have been required to identify them under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The setback comes on the heels of the RIAA suing 754 individuals in December for alleged copyright infringement. The "John Doe" litigations were filed in federal district courts across the country, including: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Connecticut, Illinois, and the District of Columbia. A good number of the lawsuits was brought against users of university computer networks including twenty individual file sharers at Columbia University, Old Dominion University, the State University of West Georgia, the University of Pennsylvania, Westchester University and Widener University. The Future: This decision will not impede the RIAA from suing individuals, but forces it to continue its labor-intensive, time consuming and more expensive method of working each case through the civil courts to acquire the identities of alleged copyright infringers. However, as the RIAA loses more and more cases that reinforce the principle that networks cannot be held responsible for the content that moves through their "pipes," the ISPs and P2P networks gain valuable precedent in their favor for future cases.
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 As the name correctly implies, Experiments In Sound, is Futuremusic's latest endeavor for pushing electronic music technology to the very edge of what's possible. Experiments In Sound grew out of Futuremusic's avant-garde events in New York City that featured DJ's taking mixing and live sound reinforcement to a whole new level with the very latest gear and software. Be the first to hear about Experiments In Sound by joining Futuremusic Direct.
Part of Experiments In Sound, TestDrive will feature the lab results of our DJ Experiments so that everyone can get in on the action. Take the latest electronic music releases, mix vigorously with bleeding-edge DJ technology in a large beeker, and then cook the hell out of it! Be the first to hear about TestDrive by joining Futuremusic Direct.
Futuremusic wants to thank everyone who participated in The Next Big Thing 2004. John Digweed, Beatport, Alienware, M-Audio, Native Instruments, IK Multimedia, PVDJ, PK Graphics, Ableton, The DubHouse, Propellerheads, Technics, FreeFloat, The Church, PCDJ and every DJ who entered this year's event thank you. From the sheer number of quality mixes, we can tell you that dance music is thriving in the United States. The amount of outstanding talent and creativity really blew us away, and every DJ who's putting their heart, mind and soul behind the music is a winner. John Digweed has made his decision and the winner is...
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