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Madster told to pull the plug
By John Borland, CNET News.com, December 3, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-975927.html

"A Chicago federal judge has ordered file-swapping service Madster,
formerly known as Aimster, to unplug its computers from the Internet in
a last-ditch effort to prevent music piracy on its network."
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Copyright law stands first day of trial
By Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com, December 3, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-975916.html

"A government attorney kicked off the ElcomSoft trial Tuesday by
characterizing the company's software as a tool for thieves."
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Digital Copyright Act Goes Before First Criminal Jury: Case pits Adobe
against Russian company
By Shannon Lafferty, The Recorder/Law.com, 12-04-2002
http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&c=LawArticle&cid=1038966818795&t=LawArticleIP

"The controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act faced its first
criminal jury Tuesday with a federal prosecutor labeling the software at
the center of the trial a "burglar tool" while the defense characterized
it as a legitimate program never used to infringe copyrights."