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Ones and Zeros: RIAA Wins Madster Round
By Erin Joyce , Internetnews.com, October 31, 2002
http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/1492261

"The Recording Industry Association of America has won another
injunction against file-swapping network Madster, the peer-to-peer site
formerly known as Aimster."
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More Coverage:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48417-2002Oct31.html
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Music business pushing security-laden super audio discs
RON HARRIS, SilliconValley.com, Oct. 31, 2002
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/4415252.htm

" Two new digital audio disc formats touted by the music industry for
their stellar sound are nowhere near as consumer-friendly as regular old
CDs: They're engineered to be copy-proof."
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Software piracy rate rises in U.S., watchdog says
Associated Press, Globeandtechnology.com, November 1 2002
http://rtnews.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/tech/RTGAM/20021101/gtbsa/Technology/techBN/

" The rate of business-software piracy in the United States climbed
slightly in 2001, an industry trade group said Thursday." 
(Contributed by Stephen Davies)
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Software piracy plunges in New York state
by Wendy Blake, Crainsny.com, 
http://www.crainsny.com/news.cms?postDate=2002-11-03&newsId=4504

"New York state had the lowest rate of software piracy last year of any
state in the nation, according to a study commissioned by the Business
Software Alliance."
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Survey: Online Music Sales Tumble
By Ron Harris, Technews..com, November 4, 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64690-2002Nov4.html

" The growing popularity of CD burning and illegal song-swapping over
the Internet has caused online music sales to tumble this year,
according to a survey to be released Monday."