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    Apple's biggest competitors in the digital music downloading market are illegal music file sharing services such as Kazaa and BitTorrent, according to iTunes vice-president Eddy Cue.

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    Recent efforts by the music industry to stop Napster from its "unlawful distribution of music" have brought new scrutiny to the music industry's own illegal activities.

  • Record companies get Amnesia over piracy

    A small Australian dot-com claims to have found the solution to the problem of selling music online in a way that satisfies both consumers and record labels, and has received backing from Telstra to bring it to market.

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    A piece of software being distributed anonymously online has successfully cracked part of Microsoft's anti-piracy technology, the centerpiece of much of the giant's recent forays into the audio and video world.

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    CD burning contributed to a surge in music piracy across the globe in 2001, with sales of pirated discs jumping an estimated 50 percent from the previous year, according to a recent industry report.

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    The state of Internet law was in flux in 2001. Lawyer Doug Isenberg says that if any lesson has emerged, it's that the same thing will probably remain true for 2002.

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    Apple Computer has unveiled its latest line of digital music products, including a long-awaited Internet music store and ultrathin versions of its popular iPod portable MP3 player.

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  • Dirty downloads done dirt cheap!

    Legal music downloads in Australia are expensive, files are restrictive, catalogues are small and music lovers are better off finding their favourite bands in a record store.

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