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    Napster, one of original and best-known music sharing brands, has become a thorn in the side of its parent Bertelsmann because of its AU$400 million legal bill.

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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.

  • Music industry, Sharman face off in Australia

    The largest copyright infringement case in Australian history has started, with Sydney-based Sharman Networks and other "respondents" involved with peer-to-peer software Kazaa facing 30 record company "applicants" from Australia, North America and Europe.

  • Aust unis in court over file-swapping

    Major record companies have instigated a legal battle with Australian universities over students' alleged use of university networks to engage in illegal file swapping.

  • Fingerprinting P2P pirates

    While Sony, EMI, and Universal are busily engaging in legal action against universities in Australia, in the US MP3 filtering could open a new front in the online music wars.

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