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  • AU students face court over piracy charges

    The trial of three tertiary students arrested over a music piracy ring alleged to have cost the music industry around AU$60 million has been adjourned until July 8.

  • Copy lock shuts out music pirates

    The music wars rage on as a Bertelsmann CD maker announces that it will deploy anti-copying technology from an Israeli company to thwart illegal reproduction of music CDs.

  • Napster AU$400m legal bill hits media giant

    Napster, one of original and best-known music sharing brands, has become a thorn in the side of its parent Bertelsmann because of its AU$400 million legal bill.

  • Apple: Our biggest competitor is P2P

    Apple's biggest competitors in the digital music downloading market are illegal music file sharing services such as Kazaa and BitTorrent, according to iTunes vice-president Eddy Cue.

  • New CD protection won't play on PCs

    In the next stage of the battle to prevent illegal CD copying, digitally protected discs are being released with songs that won't play on PCs.

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  • Digital Audio Formats Demystified

    Without a doubt, one of the biggest stories of 2000 was the rise of Napster and the continuing saga of MP3. But, MP3 is just one of several digital audio formats widely used today.

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