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  • 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 mounts IM campaign against file swappers

    The IFPI recording industry association is using instant messaging to target file swappers outside the US - but says this is not a prelude to mass litigation.

  • P2P's little secret

    File swappers hoping to share music and other works online without exposing their identity to the prying eyes of copyright enforcers face a tough choice.

  • The RIAA's billion dollar blunder

    Napster's offer of US$1 billion to the music industry to cease legal proceedings was rejected out of hand. Now industry analysts are telling the RIAA to take the money and run.

  • Music giants seek to divide, conquer

    A deal between the major record labels and music publishers removed a significant speed bump delaying the arrival of online music subscription services, but it didn't end the rough ride.

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    Copyrights and wrongs

    Copyright controversies have plagued the Internet since the early days of Napster, but what is the current state of play, and can the issues ever be resolved?

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  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

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