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Report: 23.8% of Global Web Traffic Involves "Digital Theft"

Washington - Some 23.8% of global Internet traffic involves "digital theft," with the BitTorrent file-sharing protocol accounting for 11.4% of this figure, according to a study...

Nearly 100,000 Americans Sued for File-Sharing in Past Year

Los Angeles - Nearly 100,000 Americans have been sued for suspected copyright infringement on file-sharing networks over the past year, according to details of a study...

Music Streamer Rdio Lands New Funding

Los Angeles - Rdio, the cloud-based streaming music service developed by the creators of Kazaa and Skype, has raised an undisclosed amount of new funding from...

Head of Emerging Technology at Warner Music Exits

Los Angeles - Ethan Kaplan, senior vice president of major record label Warner Music Group's (NYSE: WMG) emerging technology division, said in a blog post that he...

Anti-Piracy Firm Says Dozen BitTorrent Sites Taken Offline

Los Angeles - A dozen BitTorrent file-sharing sites in the U.S. have been taken offline following actions taken by Dutch anti-piracy firm BREIN in coordination with...

Borders Gets New $550 Million Loan Commitment

Ann Arbor, Mich. - Media retail store chain Borders Group (NYSE: BGP) announced that it has received a $550 million financing commitment from GE Capital, which the...

Google Filtering BitTorrent, Other 'Piracy-Related' Search Terms

Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD:  GOOG) has begun actively censoring file-sharing-related terms from its search engine results, nixing "BitTorrent," "RapidShare," "Megaupload" and other words from its...

Wolfgang's Vault Acquires Paste Magazine

San Francisco - Wolfgang's Vault, a company that offers vintage concert recordings and memorabilia culled from legendary promoter Bill Graham and others, announced on Wednesday that...

Will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas Offers iPhone App, Launches Firm

Los Angeles - Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am on Monday introduced BEP360, an app for the iPad and iPhone that features a 360-degree view music video...

Rhapsody Added 100,000 Net New Subscribers Since April

Los Angeles - Digital music subscription service Rhapsody has added more than 100,000 net new subscribers since the company underwent a restructuring in April 2010, president...