Record labels have tonight condemned the acquittal of a software engineer who ran one of the world's largest music-sharing websites from his flat. 26-year-old Alan Ellis said he only set up ...

Legitimate file-sharing sites could face prosecution, say experts, as the shockwaves from the shutting down of Megaupload.com fan out. Last Thursday the founder of the site, Kim Dotcom, was arrested ...

File sharing websites were dealt a huge blow last night when a judge in New York City pulled the plug on LimeWire, the music-sharing website used by as many as 50 million users, issuing a permanent ...

Four men linked to The Pirate Bay, one of the world's biggest free file-sharing websites, were each jailed for a year on Friday for breaching copyright and ordered to pay 30 million Swedish crowns ($3 ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US Department of Justice news every morning. Several online file-sharing sites have acted to curtail their exposure to allegations of ...

A man who ran a music-sharing website with almost 200,000 members has been found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud at Teesside Crown Court. Alan Ellis, 26, was the first person in the UK to be ...