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Kazaa Returns, Legally

When free-for-all P2P software Napster stopped its services in 2000, Shawn Fanning's fallen flock quelled its music fiending with the quick arrival of Kazaa, which offered a similar experience: A buffet of music and movies, all-you-can-download, at the universally compatible price of free....  read more

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Minnesota Court Awards RIAA $1.92M for Theft of 24 Songs

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Court is adjourned in the high-profile RIAA case against Jammie Thomas-Rasset for the download of two-dozen songs: a Minnesota jury awarded the Recording Industry Association of America $1.92 million in their suit against Rasset for sharing 24 songs on the Kazaa P2P network. Rasset is ordered to pay the fine to four major labels for damage compensation....  read more

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