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  • Watching Aimster's "private" network

    An anti-piracy company has begun shining a light on people trading music files through the Aimster file-swapping network, a Napster-like service that promises privacy features that theoretically place it beyond the reach of copyright police.

  • Record industry sues Napster clones

    After successful suits against Napster, Scour and Aimster, the record industry and Hollywood studios are again flexing their muscles. The new plan: Sue file-trading networks Music City, Kazaa and Grokster.

  • Media groups appeal P2P ruling

    Record labels and movie studios said Tuesday that they have appealed an April federal court ruling that held for the first time that some file-swapping software was legal.

  • Record industry takes aim at Aimster

    The American record industry has filed a lawsuit against file-swapping company Aimster, accusing it of violating copyrights in much the same way as Napster or Scour.

  • Another file-swapping site to fall silent

    A judge rules that Madster, formerly known as Aimster, violates copyright law like former file-swapping site Napster, and must be shut down.

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  • Developer to revive iTunes file-sharing

    The developer of a peer-to-peer file-sharing plug-in for Apple Computer's iTunes music application has decided to give the software a new lease on life, after it was put out of commission by the computer maker's lawyers earlier this month.

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