Like millions of other music lovers, Martin Hall misses the pioneering service from Napster Inc. that let consumers download songs from one another’s computers for free. But Hall isn’t your typical ...

Record labels hell-bent on strangling unauthorized music copying on the Internet are considering widening their legal efforts to include lawsuits against individuals, according to industry sources.

Dramatically raising the stakes in the battle over online piracy, the company behind the world’s most popular file-sharing service accused the major record labels and Hollywood studios of misusing ...