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  • Unpopular music site takes beating from hackers

    The Web site of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), one of the most unpopular lobby groups on the Internet, was defaced last week for the fifth time in a year.

  • Christians, America's concerned women fight P2P

    The Bush administration's top lawyer and the Christian Coalition threw their weight behind the entertainment industry Monday in a closely watched Supreme Court fight over file swapping.

  • Anti-P2P lawmaker given top IP position

    A US senator who once said that copyright holders should be allowed to remotely destroy the computers of music pirates has been made chair of a new committee on copyright and patent law.

  • Senator wants to ban P2P networks

    The chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary said Thursday that a ban on file-trading networks is urgently required but agreed to work with tech companies concerned that devices like Apple Computer's iPod would be imperiled.

  • AU music industry actions disrupt US court proceedings

    The recent raids by Australian record labels were so disruptive they may have caused the deferral of the court case of their US parent companies.

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