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Linuxworld: "A Harvard law professor has opened a new front in the battle between the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and alleged music pirates by challenging the constitutionality of a statute being used by the industry group to bring lawsuits against alleged copyright violators."

Real Networks, Rob Glaser's baby, has pulled its sales of its Real DVD rip-and-file-DVDs program following a court injuction by the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America).

(Changed: originally said rip-and-burn, but Real's notes show that this only lets you create an encrypted disk image of the DVD - not to burn it.)

The decision this week by a federal judge in Minnesota to order a new trial in the recording industry's case against Jammie Thomas was seen by many as a victory for users of peer-to-peer networks.

But was it? Thomas remains the only defendant sued by the Recording Industry Association of America to take her case to trial, resulting in a jury verdic

You may remember that soon after the entertainment industry provided The Pirate Bay with a ton of free publicity by getting the site (oh so briefly) shut down, its next target was isoHunt, which similarly backfired.

While isoHunt is still involved in litigation in the US with the MPAA, up in Canada, the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) has sent it a threatening letter demanding that it shut down.

Following Demonoid and QuebecTorrent, the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) has threatened isoHunt with legal action.

However, isoHunt has decided to launch a preemptive strike, as it turns the tables and sues the CRIA instead.

Following Demonoid and QuebecTorrent, the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) has threatened isoHunt with legal action.

However, isoHunt has decided to launch a preemptive strike, as it turns the tables and sues the CRIA instead.

Following Demonoid and QuebecTorrent, the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) has threatened isoHunt with legal action.

However, isoHunt has decided to launch a preemptive strike, as it turns the tables and sues the CRIA instead.

In May, we wrote about a site called Muxtape.com allowing its millions of users to upload MP3s to stream, in full, from a unique URL.

Alas, their valiant attempts to bring the compilation tape into the 21st century have been dealt a severe blow by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Not surprisingly, the RIAA objects to the site's hosting and streaming of copyrighted material without permission.

New York attorney Ray Beckerman, an outspoken critic of the Recording Industry Association of America, has acquired the ear of thousands of federal judges nationwide.

His lengthy must read paper, "Large Recording Companies v. The Defenseless" chronicles RIAA litigation start to finish from the investigative stage to the eventual lawsuit payment.

Here's a unique defense to a Recording Industry Association of America file sharing lawsuit: admit liability and challenge the law under which you're being sued.

That's what a Bronx woman did Monday in New York federal court. Denise Barker is accused of file-sharing eight songs on the Kazaa network in 2004.