Friday, May 20, 2011

RIAA v. the cloud: Box.net faces subpoena over prerelease music

Watch out, Box.net users—if the RIAA suspects you of mixing in music files with those boring Word and Excel documents that you use for work, you may be in for a legal battle. The RIAA has apparently turned its sights upon the business-oriented file-sharing service after filing a declaration in California federal court this week, as first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, potentially opening the door to more lawsuits involving cloud-based services.

Box.net advertises itself as a secure way for small or medium-sized businesses to share and collaborate on files. Businesses can use it as an alternative to Microsoft's SharePoint and can even hook it up with a Google Apps account for the company. In some ways, it's a lot like Dropbox—and users can use a free Box.net account for personal use if they want—but it's largely geared toward businesses.

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