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Dirty Downloading Downloading music from the Internet has replaced the record store as the place to pick up the latest tunes. While a godsend to music lovers, the songwriter' sharing services. Record companies are fighting back with a series of lawsuits against individual consumers who have obtained free music downloads from unauthorized online services such as Kazaa and Grokster. Napster, sharing evildoer, has gone legit. Since 2003, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed over 3000 lawsuits against students, families, and parents.
Thinkpad (AXcess News) Sydney Australia - A federal court has ordered Kazaa to fix its software effectively preventing its users from using the file-sharing system to download music.
The music industry fought the rise of MP3s every way it could, claiming that digital music files could only lead the copying of songs and increased piracy. Studios spent millions taking companies such as Napster and Sharman Networks Ltd., the company behind the Kazaa file sharing program, to court to keep people from downloading music.
Microsoft The recording industry brought the lawsuit against Kazaa and hailed it victory for musicians everywhere, saying it had global implications for the industry and others who use illegal programs to download songs.
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Laptop Computers The US Supreme Court had ruled in June that the music industry could suetechnology companies who illegally steal music on the Internet. Hollywood also benefited from the ruling as the court included movies in its decision.
Though primarily used to trade music, Peer to Peer software could be used to share any types of files, images, sounds and even computer programs.
Laptop Computer Judge Murray Wilcox ruled Monday that Kazaa and its owners and distributors, led by Sharman Networks Ltd, did nothing to prevent Kazaa users from downloadingillegal music files, despite postings on Kazaa's website urging users not to swap copyright materials.
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