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Kazaa halts software downloads

Popular music-swapping service bows to pressure from music industry lawsuit, taking 'drastic' action... Read more

18 January, 2002 by Jasper Konig and John Borland

Judges put end to Napster appeal

A federal appeals court stymies Napster's bid to reopen the court order that led the file-swap company to start blocking songs. Now there's only the Supreme Court left Read more

26 June, 2001 by John Borland

Microsoft bans employees from music swapping

Staff at Microsoft have been warned not to swap music or files over peer-to-peer networks because of 'significant' security concerns Read more

29 July, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

UK site will be first for legal music swapping

Peer-to-peer service Wippit looks set to make the likes of Paul Oakenfold and Stereophonics available for legitimate swapping - at £50 a year Read more

28 August, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

UK music-swapping service bites at Napster's heels

Wippit, the UK's legal alternative to Napster, insists it is all set to launch by this autumn Read more

10 August, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Bertelsmann plans Napster takeover

...the latest on everything from MP3 players to Napster and the other music swapping services. Have your say instantly, and see what others have said... Read more

5 April, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Morpheus looks to Gnutella for help

Morpheus' parent company may shift to a music-swapping alternative as its popular back-end software fails Read more

28 February, 2002 by John Borland

2001: Peer-to-peer technology grows up

P2P has come a long way from its music-swapping origins, and now has a variety of corporate and other applications... Read more

28 December, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Napster clones toe music industry line

...stop online song trading are gaining traction beyond Napster, as other leading music-swapping sites have begun blocking downloads of copyrighted tunes on their services... Read more

9 April, 2001 by John Borland

Napster faces further legal action

...that it believes it is acting in compliance with the injunction. The music-swapping company is struggling to keep up with both the lists of... Read more

22 March, 2001 by John Borland

Napster faces new lawsuits

...those songs were included in the first filter thrown up by the music-swapping company last Sunday. "For over six months, Napster Inc. has flatly... Read more

8 March, 2001 by John Borland

Napster verdict: three days to block songs

...traded through its service. But federal Judge Marilyn Hall Patel gave the music-swapping company much of what it asked for in court last Friday... Read more

6 March, 2001 by John Borland

Is digital music dead?

...alone. Let's take a look at the recent setbacks dealt the music-swapping sites. Then I'll tell you why they're only setbacks... Read more

7 September, 2000 by Jesse Berst

Napster could close today

Time is running out for music-swapping company Napster, which faces the possibility of a court order effectively... Read more

2 March, 2001 by John Borland

Coop's Scoop: The week ahead, the week that was

...on whether or not to overturn a lower-court ruling against the music-swapping company Read more

12 February, 2001 by Charles Cooper

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