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Recipient Information:Customer Support, DMCA ComplaintsGoogle Inc.Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA Sent via: Federal Express Re: NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTLadies and Gentlemen: We act on behalf of Sharman Networks, Ltd. (the "Owner"). As required under Sections 512(c)(3) and 512(d)(3) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §§512(c)(3) and 512(d)(3)), we are instructed to place you on notice that: 1. The Owner is the exclusive owner of the copyrights in and to the Kazaa Media Desktop software (the "KMD"); and 2. Utilizing the search query, "kazaa," at www.google.com, the following search results (the "Infringing Material") contain unauthorized copies of the KMD...

NA-FIN--APNewsAlert LOS ANGELES, Sep 08, 2003 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- Recording industry sues hundreds of individuals for illegally sharing music over the Internet, music industry source says. Copyright 2003 Associated Press, All rights reserved MORE...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- It's time to buy, mix, and burn, according to Apple Computer Inc. The Silicon Valley company that angered the recording industry with its "Rip. Mix. Burn" ad campaign has won the support of all five major record labels for its new Music Store service, which makes more than 200,000 songs available online at 99 cents a download. The service announced Monday removes several limitations that have so far reduced legitimate online music distribution to a small niche in the entertainment industry. For example, consumers can buy songs and keep them for as long as they...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The recording industry is suing four students at three universities for operating Napster-like file sharing systems that allegedly offered more than 1 million copies of songs for illegal downloading on the schools' high-speed Internet networks. The Recording Industry Association of America, the music industry's trade group, filed the lawsuits Thursday seeking to shut down the networks, which the group says are responsible for distributing illegal copies of songs by Avril Lavigne, Whitney Houston, Eminem and others. The suits also seek maximum damages of $150,000 per song. The RIAA said the networks were being run by...