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A federal court has allowed record labels to continue a lawsuit against Bertelsmann and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, both onetime backers of the defunct Napster file-swapping network.
A new political battle is brewing over Net music swapping, focusing on a company that claims to be able to automatically identify copyrighted songs on networks like Kazaa and to block illegal downloads.
The Recording Industry Association of America picked up the pace of its legal attack on Net music swappers Tuesday, filing copyright infringement suits against another 531 individuals.
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Over the holidays, Napster unleashed the latest version of its song-swapping beast. To the great relief of music lovers around the world, the new incarnation is free to use. While the developers have added minor improvements and bug fixes, the latest revision also has some serious flaws.
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