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StreamCast offers IM to Morpheus users

Customers who use the Morpheus file-swapping service will be able to send instant messages for free, with a video option available to those who upgrade Read more

29 May, 2002 by Gwendolyn Mariano

File-swapping network told to unplug computers

A federal judge in the US has told file-swapping service Madster to pull the plug on its computers, but the company has so far stayed online Read more

4 December, 2002 by John Borland

Altnet to pay Kazaa users for file-swapping

...service will agree to install software that will create a high-security file-swapping network alongside the ordinary Kazaa service. They can then host files... Read more

2 June, 2003 by John Borland

Worm crawls into Kazaa network

The Kazaa file-swapping network has been hit by a virus, according to security experts... Read more

20 May, 2002 by Matt Loney

Paid content comes to Kazaa

Paid content will invade the Kazaa file-swapping network Monday in a major commercial test of a service that... Read more

20 May, 2002 by John Borland

Morpheus network goes open source

...after millions of people found themselves locked out of StreamCast Networks' Morpheus file-swapping network, the company has released a new software tool it hopes... Read more

4 March, 2002 by John Borland

Kazaa plays on despite threat of fines

...deadline to institute anti-piracy controls, the operator of Kazaa, a popular file-swapping network, is continuing to negotiate with copyright holders over its fate... Read more

21 December, 2001 by Jasper Koning

Macintosh users flocking to Kazaa network

A popular application is bringing the huge FastTrack file-swapping network to the Mac, potentially challenging Apple's own iTunes music... Read more

20 November, 2003 by John Borland

Audiogalaxy moves to legal downloads

The file-swapping network has signed up with Listen.com to provide a legal... Read more

10 September, 2002 by John Borland

Napster nears the end of the road

The defunct file-swapping network's assets are expected to be bought by Bertelsmann in... Read more

29 August, 2002 by John Borland

Audiogalaxy in RIAA crosshairs

In its latest legal action, the recording industry is taking on file-swapping network Audiogalaxy Read more

27 May, 2002 by John Borland

Kazaa exec defends sleeper software

The file-swapping network is under fire for including software that turns its users... Read more

4 April, 2002 by John Borland

Madster in deep trouble, say record labels

RIAA exerts pressure on file swapping network Record labels say file-swapping service Madster is violating the... Read more

22 November, 2002 by CNET Networks

Ants inspire P2P concealment

...that data into useable music, their software must seek elsewhere on the file-swapping network for the encryption "keys" that will unlock the data, transforming... Read more

25 February, 2004 by John Borland

Napster founder scales new peaks

...working on ways to identify songs, as they are traded through a file-swapping network, including using a technique called "audio fingerprinting," which monitors the... Read more

27 January, 2004 by John Borland and Stefanie Olsen

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