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  • US Supreme Court rules against file swapping

    The US Supreme Court has handed movie studios and record labels a sweeping victory against file swapping, ruling that peer-to-peer companies such as Grokster could be held responsible for the copyright piracy on their networks.

  • US ruling on key file-swapping case imminent

    Perhaps as soon as this week, the US Supreme Court will rule on the future of file swapping, in one of the most closely watched legal battles of the year.

  • P2P rivals flock to BitTorrent

    It's the season for romance in the file-swapping world, too.

  • Kazaa loses role as P2P king

    Kazaa, once the top Net nemesis of record companies and movie studios, appears to have lost its role as the world's most popular file-swapping software, network watchers said Monday.

  • RIAA sues iMesh file-trading firm

    The Recording Industry Association of America said Friday that it had sued Israeli file-swapping company iMesh, one of the oldest of the peer-to-peer companies still in operation.

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