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 ...

In this, the Daily's final installment on the issue of file-sharing, we weigh the advantages and disadvantages of various legal alternatives and discuss the effects of file-sharing on American ...

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 ...

Antony Funnell: Coming up, a new online application called Spinspotter, which aims to turn your personal computer into a PR-proof portal. We'll get the details from its creator, a former US radio talk ...

A Seattle man has been arrested in what the U.S. Justice Department described as its first case against someone accused of using file-sharingcomputer programsto commit identity theft. Gregory Thomas ...

Ellis Ly has amassed an eclectic catalogue of movies and TV shows on his computer. Over the years, he’s used dozens of peer-to-peer file-sharing programs and systems to download content. The Simon ...

A Web site owner who deceptively claimed that users of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing programs who joined his Web site would be able to transfer copyrighted materials without violating the law has ...

A federal appeals court has ruled that two well-known file-sharing services are not responsible for illegal copying of movies and music by the services’ users, strongly upholding a ruling by a lower ...

Internet providers who selectively slow certain kinds of traffic on their networks, such as file-sharing, could soon have a new tool at their disposal to prevent savvy users from evading the speed ...