hsf writes "On April 26th 2004 Man’s Best Friend Software broke the rules and terms of use it maintains for it’s own site and harvested all the data of the WWW.GSSHWWDB.ORG in spite of the fact that a disclaimer was posted. I noticed the harvest two days afterwards by glancing at our log files. I asked MBFS to remove the database and did receive a response which I can provide. Tamburo has also harvested the hard work of many other individual's databases that they compiled over several years, his claim is “no one posted a disclaimer or had metatags in place to prevent robots access”. "

Kazaa Huzzah!

by Marcia J. Wilson, CCSP Staff Writer
March 24, 2004

"Reprinted from March 14, 2K3"
The expression "Huzzah" is used as an exclamation of great joy. Kazaa is one of the world's most popular peer-to-peer file-sharing applications available, and it's free. Just using the two words together is sure to anger the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It's just as sure to make a few people laugh heartily out loud.

Record Industry Sues 531 More File-Sharers
By Sue Zeidler

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. music industry on Tuesday sued 531 more people for online copyright infringement using a method known as the John Doe litigation process because their names are not yet known.

Internet pirates face legal action, warns BPI

Owen Gibson
Wednesday January 14, 2004

The comments from the British Phonographic Industry, the trade body that represents record labels including EMI, Sony and Warner Music, were the strongest signal yet that it will follow the lead of its American counterpart and sue individuals who download copyrighted tracks

"The BPI has made no final decision on taking legal action against people using music over file-sharing networks illegally. But the disturbing increase in the illegal copying and distribution of unauthorised music files ...

Dutch Supreme Court Rules Kazaa Legal
Case could set precedent, shielding peer-to-peer nets from suits over usage.
Joris Evers,
IDG News Service

In a fresh blow to the entertainment industry's campaign against file-sharing, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands has upheld a lower court's ruling that the creators of Kazaa can't be held liable for the copyright-infringing actions of users of the popular file-sharing application.

RIAA Suffers a Setback in Court
Names of suspected file swappers cannot be subpoenaed, court rules.
Grant Gross,
IDG News Service

The Recording Industry Association of America does not have the authority under U.S. law to subpoena the names of alleged peer-to-peer file traders from ISPs, a federal appellate court ruled Friday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned a lower court's decision allowing the RIAA to file subpoenas asking Verizon Internet Services to turn over the names of suspected copyright infringers without the RIAA having to file lawsuits against the alleged file traders.

Canada ruling won't stop music lawsuits
By Jim Hu
CNET News.com

A ruling in Canada declaring downloading music through peer-to-peer services legal, but uploading illegal, may do little to prevent the music industry from taking its own action against file swappers.

That's because the country's industry group, the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), is in lockstep with its U.S. counterpart's plan to sue individual file swappers. And last week's ruling by Canadian regulators will not pose a formidable barrier for CRIA to begin its own round of litigation, according to a legal analyst.

Canada deems P2P downloading legal
By John Borland
CNET News.com

Downloading copyrighted music from peer-to-peer networks is legal in Canada, although uploading files is not, Canadian copyright regulators said in a ruling released Friday.

Judge Considers Pacific Bell, RIAA Case
ISP hopes to protect the names of 200 customers accused of file swapping.
Robert McMillan,
IDG News Service

The case involving a California ISP seeking to shield the identity of its customers from recording industry subpoenas may be headed to the same Washington, D.C., court that ruled against Verizon Internet Services in a similar case.

Another ISP Fights RIAA Subpoenas
Pacific Bell goes to court to conceal customer data from copyright cops.
Scarlet Pruitt,
IDG News Service

In the latest move by an ISP to shield the identity of customers facing recording industry subpoenas, Pacific Bell Internet Services is set to square off with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in a San Francisco federal court Friday.