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  • Grokster head resigns for Spanish P2P firm

    Wayne Rosso, head of file-swapping company Grokster, has resigned to take the helm of younger Spanish peer-to-peer technology rival Blubster.

  • UPDATE: Kazaa distributor kicks off file-swapping lobby

    The Australian Record Industry Association has reacted with caution to plans by the distributor of Kazaa file-sharing software to create a peer-to-peer industry association.

  • Kazaa plans defensive ad campaign

    Sharman Networks, the parent company of Kazaa, is developing an offline advertising campaign that will encourage users to defend file swapping.

  • Kazaa fires back at Hollywood, labels

    Sharman Networks, owner of the popular Kazaa software and file-swapping service, has charged the movie and music industries with antitrust violations.

  • Judge: file-swapping tools are legal

    A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a stunning court victory to file-swapping services Streamcast Networks and Grokster, dismissing much of the record industry and movie studios' lawsuit against the two companies.

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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.

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    Kazaa's chief lobbyist, Philip Corwin, says Hollywood is sparing no expense to squash P2P.

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  • Kazaa finds friends in file-swapping fight

    Computer and telecommunications companies are allying with file-swapping service Kazaa in a bid to overhaul the way record labels are paid for music and other content distributed on the Net.

  • Roxio taps Fanning for Napster take two

    Former file-swapping wunderkind Sean Fanning has signed up to help CD-burning technology company Roxio build a reborn Napster service--but with a difference.

  • Kazaa releases new software

    Australian-headquartered Sharman Networks released a new version of its Kazaa file-trading software Thursday, adding new features and advertising partners the company hopes will aid in its legal struggle for its life.

  • KaZaA 1.6: Sharing and caring, or leeching and lecherous?

    KaZaA's gotten a lot of bad press lately for ethically dubious software bundling schemes. Is the application behind the furore worth checking out?

  • Peer pressure: 10 P2P utilities tested

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

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