The American record industry has filed a lawsuit against file-swapping company Aimster, accusing it of violating copyrights in much the same way as Napster or Scour.
Napster has ratcheted up its efforts to block unauthorised song swapping, sending the amount of music available on the service plummeting. Some users have now labelled the service "useless".
Unimpressed by Napster's efforts to strip copyright songs out of its file-trading network, the record industry says it will go to court next week to complain that the company is flouting the terms of a court order.
With the first big batch of music now blocked from Napster's file-swapping network, the average number of songs available on the service has dropped precipitously, according to at least one research company.
US file-sharing firm Aimster says it has removed a program based on pig Latin from its Web site, that enabled Napster users to get around court-ordered restrictions on the popular song-swap service.
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