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    Email messages can be stored, forwarded, or copied into a new email and sent on, often without employees considering the implications of such acts. However, new laws have been introduced to make sure people are thinking--especially about copyright and privacy issues. Take a look at your rights and responsibilities.

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    Music publishers yesterday won an important legal ruling against the world's largest record label in a case that could set rules for streaming copyrighted songs over the Internet.

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    The Recording Industry Association of America is suing hundreds of Americans for allegedly sharing copyrighted music on peer-to-peer networks.

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    IT lawyer and ZDNet Australia columnist Jeremy Szwider looks at the legalities of e-mail forwarding.

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