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Recording Companies Will Warn Suspected File-Sharers Before Suing, a
Senate Panel Is Told
By ANDREA L. FOSTER, Chronicle.com, October 1, 2003
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2003/10/2003100101t.htm

"The head of the Recording Industry Association of America told a U.S.
Senate panel on Tuesday that his group would start giving advance notice
to people before suing them for sharing music illegally. "
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P2P Networks Want to Play Nice
By Reuters, Wirednews.com, Sep. 29, 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60630,00.html/wn_ascii

" A group of Internet peer-to-peer networks unveiled a code of conduct
on Monday to encourage responsible behavior among the millions of users
who copy music, pornography and other material from each others' hard
drives."
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Use of Subpoenas to Name File Sharers Criticized
By Frank Ahrens, Washington Post, September 30, 2003; Page E05
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19721-2003Sep29.html?referrer=email

"The music industry's ability to use subpoenas to learn the names of
people who allegedly pirate songs over the Internet is coming under
increasing fire from civil liberties groups and members of Congress
concerned at how the power is being employed to launch a broad legal
attack on file sharing."
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ACLU takes aim at record labels
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com. September 29, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1027-5083800.html

"The Recording Industry Association of America is facing a legal
challenge to its antipiracy tactics, even as it announces that it has
reached settlements in dozens of lawsuits against individuals.
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Settling in With the RIAA
By Cynthia L. Webb, washingtonpost.com, September 30, 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21601-2003Sep30.html?referrer=email

"Traffic to the Kazaa file-sharing network has fallen 41 percent since
the Recording Industry
Association of America started suing college students for illegal music
trading, according to Web monitoring firm Nielsen//NetRatings."
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P-to-P group asks Congress for help: Move seen as counterattack against
music companies
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service, September 29, 2003
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/29/HNptophelp_1.html
 
"Six peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software vendors have launched a
counterattack against the U.S. music companies by calling on the U.S.
Congress to force a different solution to the trading of copyrighted
songs than what the P-to-P group calls the "dinosaur" recording industry
approach of suing alleged file downloaders.