A Guide to Search Results for "Listen4ever"
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Before its sudden and mysterious disappearance on or about Monday August 19, 2002, the "listen4ever" Web site offered free music downloads over the Internet. This service was reminiscent of the popular Napster file-sharing service, but Listen4ever apparently went a step further by actually hosting a centralized location for file downloads. By all appearances, Listen4ever was hosted by an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in China, but all attempts to discover the true identities of the Web site's owners proved ineffective. Consequently, the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed suit against several major ISPs in the United States seeking an order from a federal court which would force these ISPs to block traffic to the Listen4ever Web site. However, when the Listen4ever Web site unexpectedly vanished without any explanation, the RIAA dropped its suit.

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• Listen4ever.com ::: music streaming - [Dead link as of 2002-08-31]
  Offical, albeit defunct, Web site.

• IP: Listen4Ever Notice of Dismissal
  A copy of an e-mail from Dean Garfield of the Recording Industry Association of America which was sent to the various parties named as defendants in the suit seeking to block access to the Listen4Ever Web site.

• CNN.com - Music labels drop suit over Chinese site
  August 22, 2002
  
  The U.S. recording industry has dropped efforts to compel four Internet service providers to block a Chinese Web site accused of distributing pirated music.

• Slyck - RIAA Issues Statement on Listen4ever.com
  Tuesday August 20, 2002
  
  Editorial discussing the RIIA's litigation tactics in re Listen4ever.

• ZDNet News: Record labels sue ISPs over piracy
  August 19, 2002
  
  The world's largest record companies sued a number of major Internet service and network providers on Friday, alleging their routing systems allow users to access a China-based Web site and unlawfully copy musical recordings.

• Mercury News - Music industry targets Chinese download site via service providers
  August 19, 2002
  
  Music industry targets Chinese download site via service providers.