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Napster eyes movie downloads

Digital-music service Napster is considering remaking itself to offer movie downloads too.

Does video have a Napster problem?

Despite a spate of file-swapping lawsuits, it's not all bad news for TV and movie producers. They have far better alternatives than the music industry did when it was doing battle with Napster, and the better-known video-sharing sites seem to have learned the hard lessons of their music predecessors.

Musicians still waiting on a YouTube payday

Some top music managers say their clients haven't seen any money from the licensing deals the four largest music labels have signed with YouTube.

YouTube's fate rests on decade-old copyright law

Whether YouTube suffers the same fate as Napster may depend on the wording of a nearly antique law written long before video-sharing Web sites were envisioned.

A new hope for BitTorrent?

Just weeks after legal attacks crippled the popular BitTorrent file-swapping community, an underground programmer from its ranks has stepped forward to announce new software designed to withstand future onslaughts from Hollywood.

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