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  • RIAA warns individual swappers

    The Recording Industry Association of America said it has sent cease-and-desist letters to five people whom it suspects of illegally offering massive amounts of copyrighted music through peer-to-peer networks.

  • Are file-traders next?

    Friday's ruling that the makers of Grokster and Morpheus aren't liable for copyright infringement occurring as a result of people using their peer-to-peer software could spell bad news for the file traders themselves.

  • Judge: file-swapping tools are legal

    A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a stunning court victory to file-swapping services Streamcast Networks and Grokster, dismissing much of the record industry and movie studios' lawsuit against the two companies.

  • New technology hides data inside music files

    A new anti-piracy technique embeds copy-protection or other data inside audio files, even if they are compressed or recorded through an analogue connection.

  • ARIA backs workplace piracy crackdown

    ARIA has voiced its support for a brochure set to go out to companies that warns of the dangers of Internet piracy and urges companies to crack down on work-place copyright infringement.

Reviews (2)

  • Tech hides data, ID inside songs

    SunnComm Technologies, one of several companies developing anti-CD copying products, has licensed a new technique that can hide data, video, software or an identifying watermark inside music files.

  • DVD to the rescue?

    Commentary: This radical proposal could save the music business and give consumers what they want.

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