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Music industry sues P2P firm LimeWire

Federal lawsuit comes a week after makers of Kazaa file-sharing technology agreed to pay music labels US$115 million.

Lime Wire, squeezed, files countersuit

Peer-to-peer service provider fights back against record companies allegedly seeking to shut it down.

Qtrax offtrack with all the major labels

Qtrax — an ad-supported P2P site — has released the delayed Beta of its music sharing software, but questions remain regarding its relationship with the major music labels.

File-swapping leaders nearing D-day

The young chief executive of MetaMachine, distributor of eDonkey file-sharing software, appeared six months ago before a US Senate committee and said his network -- the world's most popular -- was ready to turn over a new leaf.

US Supreme Court rules against file swapping

The US Supreme Court has handed movie studios and record labels a sweeping victory against file swapping, ruling that peer-to-peer companies such as Grokster could be held responsible for the copyright piracy on their networks.

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Australian court case tackles illegal P2P file sharing

The largest copyright infringement case in Australian history sees Sydney-based Sharman Networks and other "respondents" involved with peer-to-peer software Kazaa face 30 record company "applicants" from Australia, North America and Europe. The outcome could impact pending lawsuits in the US, and indeed alter the course of the music industry.