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A US woman must pay US$220,000 to six major music labels after a federal jury found her guilty of illegally sharing copyright music online.
After months of issuing warnings, the music industry finally made good on its threat to file suit against peer-to-peer software company LimeWire.
A multimillion-dollar settlement is putting Kazaa on the straight and narrow, but it might not be enough to put the file-sharing service on the road to recovery.
The entry of satellite and digital radio into the technological mainstream is increasing tension with the record industry, which wants new rules governing how consumers can make digital copies of songs from the airwaves.
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US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.
Kazaa's chief lobbyist, Philip Corwin, says Hollywood is sparing no expense to squash P2P.
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In order to survive, the IT industry has gone through some big changes in the last few years. by contrast, the music industry still doesn't get it.
The popular P2P software company is letting loose Grokster Pro at a time when the recording industry is turning up the heat on individuals downloading music.
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