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  • Grokster to offer legal content

    In the latest move to legitimise peer-to-peer networks as a means of distributing legal music, Altnet and Grokster have signed a deal that will see filesharers on the Grokster network have access to Altnet's digitally protected files.

  • 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.

  • First legal blitz launched against UK music sharers

    The UK music industry is launching a broadside at file-sharers in this country for the first time - trade body the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is suing 28 people thought to be responsible for uploading music illegally.

  • Kazaa owner welcomes file-swap ruling

    The Australian-based owner of popular peer-to-peer program Kazaa, Sharman Networks, has welcomed a United States court ruling favouring file-sharing software, but is still evaluating its impact on its own legal battle with the music industry.

  • Sharman catches a break in US P2P ruling

    Sharman Networks, parent company of the peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing software Kazaa, are rejoicing at the US court ruling that found two similar P2P programs, Grokster and Morpheus, do not violate US copyright law. However, the company concedes that the ruling is unlikely to have any effect on the music copyright infringement case currently underway in Australia.

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