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Is It Wrong to Share Your Music? (Discuss)

According to the articles:

"IT shouldn't be illegal," said 14-year-old Sonya Arndt. "It's not like I'm selling it."

"Isn't it like recording movies?" asked Korbi Blanchard, 13. "They're making a big thing out of nothing.""
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File Sharing Lawsuits Scared Few Users Away - Study

According to the articles:

"SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Use of the most popular Internet file-sharing service declined only 5 percent last week despite a high-profile crackdown by the U.S. recording industry on unauthorized music trading online, the latest data shows."
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Future of online file-sharing debated

According to the articles:

"..."Why should the law protect the record industry?" said Hornstein, who works for Raytheon Co. "It seems a lot like the Mafia."..."
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New Worm Targets File-Sharing Nets

According to the articles:

"Antivirus companies are warning Internet users about W32.Swen, a new worm that spreads using e-mail messages, vulnerable network connections, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and peer-to-peer networks."

"For machines running Kazaa file-sharing software, Swen enables the file-sharing feature, if it is not already enabled. It places multiple copies of itself in the Kazaa shared files folder, disguised as Kazaa client software, pirated software, or other popular applications, F-Secure says."
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Privacy latest salvo in DMCA war

According to the articles:

'"I support strong protections of intellectual property, and I will stand on my record in support of property rights against any challenge," said Sen. Sam Brownback, whose staff drafted the proposal. "But I cannot in good conscience support any tool such as the DMCA information subpoena that can be used by pornographers, and potentially even more distasteful actors, to collect the identifying information of Americans, especially our children."'
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RIAA 'encouraging stalkers, molesters' - telco

According to the articles:

"US telco giant SBC has hit back at the Recording Industry Association of America's legal blitz against music lovers.

In testimony before the Senate this week, SBC's counsel Jim Ellis said that the RIAA was making an end run around the constitution by issuing a blitz of subpoenas with no judicial oversight.

Ellis argued that the legal tactics deployed by the RIAA could be adopted by Net stalkers and child molesters."

"The RIAA had its defenders, however: Senator Barbara Boxer (D) blasted both SBC and Verizon for "encouraging" music downloads. She quoted from a Verizon brochure Verizon Online – Your Guide to Broadband Living and Content [PDF, 8MB] and accused the ISPs of "attempting to protect privacy of theft."

Verizon lawyer William Barr pointed out that Boxer had got her knickers in a twist, and accused her of taking the quote out of context."
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Philips Says Hollywood's Plan to Protect Movies and TV Shows Won't Work

According to the articles:

"Lawrence J. Blanford, President and Chief Executive Officer of Philips Consumer Electronics, told Congress today that a proposal by Hollywood studios to prevent the unauthorized redistribution of digital TV programming over the Internet would not work, would hurt consumers, and would impede innovation by consumer electronics makers."
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Online films uploaded by movie industry: research Naughty, naughty..

According to the articles:

"They found that 77 per cent of the files were created during the films' production and distribution.

Some were obviously pre-release versions because they were leaked online before cinema release, said the report. Others had telltale signs indicating they originated from a preview copy, such as copyright text across the screen or uncropped frames.

The findings suggest that the movie studios should tighten security around the recorded material before cinema release, said the researchers."
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