Expanding its battle against online piracy, the recording industry is using the instant messaging feature in file-swapping software to tell users that sharing copyright protected music is illegal.

As their lawsuits against campus file swappers pile up, record companies and movie studios are turning their attention to a new batch of suspected pirates: those who trade songs and films on Internet2 ...

As the recording industry tries in unprecedented fashion to enforce copyright laws against individual consumers, legal experts say people can take several steps to try to avoid costly litigation. For ...

The U.S. recording industry dramatically stepped up its war against online copyright infringement Wednesday when it announced it is preparing to sue hundreds, if not thousands, of individual computer ...

Spotify announced a new Lossless Listening feature, which uses audio files that are compressed to retain all of songs' ...

The Recording Industry Association of America announced on Wednesday that it will start gathering evidence to prepare lawsuits against individuals who offer “substantial amounts” of copyrighted music ...

Bowing to criticism that record companies are too quick to sue, industry lawyers this week gave 204 people a heads-up that they soon may find themselves in court. Notification letters were sent in two ...

The police chief of a small town in Catawba County has filed a motion to dismiss the charges accusing him of tampering with ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County prosecutors say they suspect a crime was committed in the recording of a racist conversation that prompted the city council president to resign, but they declined ...

The pro-government YouTube channel ‘Open Communication TV,’ which first raised allegations of a secret meeting involving ...