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  • 16 May 09
    • the RIAA's research department sent Ars new research showing that legal music services now exceed illegal ones in popularity for the first time.
  • 13 May 09
    • "An increasingly entrenched group of hardcore file sharers continue to trade even more files," says the RIAA. "That’s predictable, and probably an audience that's nearly impenetrable. A more relevant barometer is the number of people using P2P as a share of Internet users, and that number, despite significant growth in both broadband penetration and legal downloading, has remained essentially flat for the past three years."
    • "ISPA members have consistently explained that significant technological advances would be required if these measures are to reach a standard where they would be admissible as evidence in court,"
  • 12 May 09
    • The UK government is finalizing its approach to dealing with online copyright infringement. Internet disconnections have been publicly taken off the table, but UK creative industries are now lobbying hard for disconnection as the report nears completion. ISPs argue that better licensing and business models would do a better job of solving the problem