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Court Says Aimster Must Stay Offline
By Andy Sullivan, Reuters.com, June 30, 2003
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=3015420

" Aimster, the online service being sued by major record labels for
allowing its users to copy songs for free, must remain shut down until
it can prove its users do more than illegally trade copyrighted
material, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday."
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Ruling
http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=02-4125.PDF
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File-swapping services, entertainment execs to meet
By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Mercury News/Siliconvalley.com, Jun. 30, 2003
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6201974.htm

"Even as the recording industry escalated its war on Internet
downloaders, a group of entertainment industry executives plans to meet
privately this afternoon with representatives of the file-swapping
services to start talking detente."
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Net services promise anonymous file sharing - eventually
By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY.com, 6/26/2003

"Recording Industry Association of America officials say they can find
any song swapper on services such as Kazaa and Grokster using simple
tracking software. But new services such as Earth Station 5 and
eDonkey2000 say they can protect the identity of their users. And
established file-sharing services say they will adapt to protect their
customers."
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RIAA LEGAL PLAN CARRIES RISK
LATimes.com, June 27, 2003
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-music27jun27222422,1,5959080.story
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LEGAL FILE SHARING
Chronicle.com, July 1, 2003
http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/07/2003070101t.htm
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"A group of representatives from colleges and entertainment companies is
trying to help colleges find ways to manage the problem of illegal
file-sharing by compiling a list of companies that could provide
campuses with online music and video services, legally and at a
reasonable price."