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  • Justice Dept. probes for pirates

    The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it has launched a federal criminal probe of piracy on a peer-to-peer network.

  • Verizon appeals RIAA subpoena win

    Verizon Communications is asking an appeals court to block a court order that would reveal the identity of an alleged peer-to-peer pirate to the music industry.

  • Privacy group fights P2P crackdown

    The Electronic Privacy Information Center is launching a counterattack against Hollywood's efforts to crack down on student file-swapping.

  • Sharman, others plead innocence

    P2P software provider Sharman Networks and associated parties have collectively denied copyright infringement accusations directed against them by recording companies.

  • KPMG expert unwinds Altnet-Kazaa link claim

    Sharman Networks' parties today called on an expert witness from KPMG Forensic division to testify over Altnet's involvement in the ongoing trial against the peer to peer software provider for alleged copyright infringement.

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    Get your hands off my Internet, Virgin!

    Getting into the finer print of Virgin's broadband-over-3G plans is a little like getting up close and personal with the office hottie and then discovering they have a personal hygiene problem.

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  • Microsoft to launch peer-to-peer software

    New communications software aims to tap into the P2P trend among young people, but without the usual unsavoury legal implications.

  • Peer pressure: 10 P2P utilities tested

    Despite the RIAA's efforts to shut down file-swapping services, these 10 apps carry Napster's torch.

  • Jumping on the Napster Train

    Peer-to-peer computing is hot, but what are we going to share now that we can't share music for free?

  • Developer to revive iTunes file-sharing

    The developer of a peer-to-peer file-sharing plug-in for Apple Computer's iTunes music application has decided to give the software a new lease on life, after it was put out of commission by the computer maker's lawyers earlier this month.

  • Best of October 2002

    Take a look at the best and most popular stories at ZDNet Reviews for the month of October.

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