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  • UK file-swappers could face jail under new law

    New UK regulations that will implement a European directive on copyright could mean up to two years in jail for file-swappers.

  • File swappers sing the jail-bird jingle

    If you've ever used a peer-to-peer network and swapped copyrighted files, chances are pretty good you're guilty of a federal felony under US law

  • In refugee camp, a P2P outpost

    Deep in the tense Jenin refugee camp in the Palestinian West Bank, a new file-swapping service is daring record labels and movie studios to turn their piracy-hunting into an international incident.

  • AU students face court over piracy charges

    The trial of three tertiary students arrested over a music piracy ring alleged to have cost the music industry around AU$60 million has been adjourned until July 8.

  • 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.

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