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  • Microsoft to offer online music service

    Microsoft has jumped into the online music fray with a deal to offer Pressplay, an online service formed by music giants Vivendi Universal and Sony, on its MSN network.

  • Kazaa finds friends in file-swapping fight

    Computer and telecommunications companies are allying with file-swapping service Kazaa in a bid to overhaul the way record labels are paid for music and other content distributed on the Net.

  • Bermeister's way: Altnet's plans for P2P technology

    As of May 20 Kazaa users gained access to secured content through an Altnet index, thanks to Digital Rights Management. Kevin Bermeister explains how.

  • Napster turns up volume on new service

    Napster is to give a preview of its new look, and is confident that it will emerge from litigation a force to be reckoned with

  • Napster case: Setting the legal standard

    No longer the poster child for free online music, Napster's flagging file-swapping service has turned into a testing ground for ways to control other services that are capturing its one-time popularity.

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    The state of Internet law was in flux in 2001. Lawyer Doug Isenberg says that if any lesson has emerged, it's that the same thing will probably remain true for 2002.

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    Computer and telecommunications companies are allying with file-swapping service Kazaa in a bid to overhaul the way record labels are paid for music and other content distributed on the Net.

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