A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that two well-known file-sharing services are not responsible for illegal copying of movies and music by the services’ users. The entertainment-industry groups ...

University sophomore "Tom" may not look like a criminal. In the eyes of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), however, he -- like thousands of other college students -- is a wanted man ...

In one of the first cases where file sharing programs such as LimeWire were used to steal identities, a Seattle man plead guilty to one count each of mail fraud, accessing a protected computer without ...

File-sharing through the dozens of software piracy mills on the Internet and well-known peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa, Morpheus, iMesh, eDonkey, Gnutella, LimeWire and Grokster accounts for ...

In a university-wide e-mail on Monday, University Information Services and the Office of Student Conduct warned students of potential security risks, network obstacles and copyright violations posed ...

A pair of popular file-sharing programs have become privacy time bombs, according to computer experts. Antivirus company Symantec last week reported the presence of "spyware" bundled with Grokster and ...

The music recording industry filed 261 lawsuits in federal court on Monday seeking monetary damages from individual Internet file-sharers. The suits, announced and organized by the Recording Industry ...

A recent government report says that the old adage “buyer beware” now even applies to those who are not technically buying anything at all. Despite the reputation of “free” downloads, much of the ...

Many college freshmen across Iowa are getting their first taste of freedom on new computers this fall, but they need to be careful with trying to find free files and programs online. Consumer ...

One of the great things about editing all of our deep-dive EC-1 startup profiles is that you start to notice patterns across successful companies. While origin stories and trajectories can vary widely ...

Josephine made about $37,000 in 2004, but thanks to itemized deductions, she only paid taxes on $26,000. The Midwestern bookkeeper ended up getting a $1,000 refund, which was deposited into her ...