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A programmer who helped write the original version of the popular Kazaa file-swapping software is suing its current owner Sharman Networks for US$25 million, saying he still owns part of the copyright to the program.
The Recording Industry Association of America said Tuesday that it had settled its lawsuit against Israeli file-swapping company iMesh, for damages of US$4.1 million.
The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Web publisher could be barred from posting DVD-copying code online without infringing on his free speech rights.
StreamCast Networks' Morpheus, once the Net's most popular file-swapping software, is being reborn yet again with new technology, and StreamCast also has a new CEO: Former chief executive Michael Weiss.
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