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The Australian Record Industry Association has reacted with caution to plans by the distributor of Kazaa file-sharing software to create a peer-to-peer industry association.
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Researchers think computers that "gossip" with each other are key to filtering out ads -- and piracy-fighting decoys -- on P2P networks.
Napster founder Shawn Fanning is back in business, with a new vision of label-approved file trading.
Kazaa's chief lobbyist, Philip Corwin, says Hollywood is sparing no expense to squash P2P.
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Computer and telecommunications companies are allying with file-swapping service Kazaa in a bid to overhaul the way record labels are paid for music and other content distributed on the Net.
File-swapping company StreamCast Networks has released a long-awaited new version of its Morpheus software, in a bid to recapture its once-unrivalled online popularity.
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