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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Recent findings indicate that Internet peer-to-peer file sharing programs such as Gnutella and Kazaa, though incredible popular, may not be as efficient or well-designed as initially believed.

The recent announcement by the FTC that sensitive information from nearly 100 organizations had been compromised through peer-to-peer file-sharing networks underscores the risks of this technology.

Most P2P software turns file sharing on by default as soon as the software is installed. This means that others may access materials on your computer without your knowledge, whether you have given ...

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 ...

For students who spend hours with campus computers downloading movies, music or video games, life just got a little tougher. In an effort to increase campus Internet speed, the University recently ...

Wirehog, a file-sharing program from the makers of Thefacebook.com, has been released in beta form for testing by Brown University users. The program's creator says the innovative software will usher ...