Los Angeles - The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed court documents seeking sanctions against Ray Beckerman, an attorney who defends those accused of illegal file-sharing and runs a blog documenting those and other related cases, called Recording Industry vs. The People.

San Francisco - A Bronx woman sued by the major record labels for file-sharing copyright infringement has taken the novel approach of challenging the constitutionality of the Copyright Act, the law under which she was sued, Wired.com reports.