At an open meeting Wednesday of a peer-to-peer forum backed by the parent company of Kazaa, the discussion will turn to a seemingly improbable concept: how to eliminate piracy from file-swapping networks. But in their bid to win respectability–as well as economic and legal breathing room–that’s just what Distributed Computing Industry Alliance (DCIA) founding members …

Charter Communications has filed a lawsuit in an effort to bar the Recording Industry Association …

Earthstation 5 has released a new edition of its file-swapping software, responding to reports that …

The reconstituted Napster music service will be unveiled on Oct. 9, according to CD and …

Musicmatch on Monday announced its entry into the digital song-selling business, and sources say PC …

With a pitch that evokes the heady days of 1999, digital music start-up Mercora is …

SoundExchange, the organization created by the Recording Industry Association of America to distribute Webcasting royalties, …

The Recording Industry Association of America is facing a legal challenge to its antipiracy tactics, …

A peer-to-peer group says it will cover costs for a 12-year-old New York girl who …

MusicMatch plans to jump into the digital song-selling business next week, with Dell promoting the …