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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Nov. 1, 2008

Technical Difficulties

Peer-to-peer technology has hit a sour note with the entertainment industry in recent years, resulting in dozens of bitter legal battles that pit music companies against media-sharing Web sites, writes John Stephens. - Focus Column

FOCUS COLUMN

By John Stephens

Peer-to-peer technology has hit a sour note with the entertainment industry in recent years, resulting in dozens of bitter legal battles that pit music companies against media-sharing Web sites. Some recent and high-profile entertainment cases include Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, taking on the social network powerhouse MySpace for copyright infringement of thousands of songs and videos,

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