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	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JANUARY 30, 2005 Steal This Show The New York Times READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JANUARY 19, 2005 Share and Share Alike The San Francisco Bay Guardian READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JANUARY 4, 2005 Celebrate Public Domain Electronic Frontier Foundation READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JANUARY 3, 2005 Celebrate Public Domain p2p.net READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DECEMBER 5, 2004 Artists not threatened by file sharing CNET READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOVEMBER 15, 2004- Music is Not a Loaf of Bread Wired READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OCTOBER 29, 2004 The tide is turning for p2p p2pnet.net READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OCTOBER 27, 2004 P2p file sharing is thriving Music industry claims that its ongoing sue 'em all legal war against file sharers is resulting in a diminution of file sharing have been condemned in a new report. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -SEPTEMBER 24, 2004 ACU attacks Induce Act The nation's oldest conservative group has become the latest and most vocal critic of an anti-file-swapping bill that foes say could target products like Apple Computer's iPod. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEPTERMBER 22, 2004 Call to legalize file-sharing with taxes Pop piracy should be decriminalised and the music industry should realise that efforts to stop illegal downloading are doomed, a conference has been told. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEPTEMBER 10, 2004 NYT Promotes File Sharing DOWNLOADING music from the Internet is not illegal. Plenty of music available online is not just free but also easily available, legal and — most important — worth hearing. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUGUST 19, 2004 Judges rule file-sharing software legal A federal appeals court has upheld a controversial court decision that said file-sharing software programs such as Grokster or Morpheus are legal. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULY 27, 2004 P2P Users Take Heart Veteran rock act Heart is the latest group to test out the peer-to-peer waters in an attempt to use one of the news-making illicit networks as a distribution channel for legitimate licensed music. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULY 26, 2004 Expect downloads to rocket Sales of digital tunes in 2004 in the United States will reach $270 million, more than double the takings from the previous year, according to a report released by JupiterResearch on Monday. READ FULL ARTICLE
	.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULY 23, 2004 Speak out against Induce? StreamCast Networks Inc., provider of digital communications solutions and products such as Morpheus™, today released a statement by CEO Michael Weiss in opposition to Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 (known as the "Induce Act" for short), sponsored by Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the latest manifestation of the media industry's short-sighted and misguided strategy to crack down on music piracy through legislation. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULY 1, 2004 Have you faxed your Senator yet? The opposition to Senator Hatch's 'Induce' Act may have got off to a spluttering start, but is now hitting its stride. Hatch wants to introduce a new crime of "inducement" to infringe a copyrighted work in order to close down the P2P networks. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JUNE 25, 2004 Music sellers build fan base using file-sharing services On any given day, popular movies such as ``Harry Potter'' and ``Around the World in 80 Days'' are illegally traded over Internet file-sharing services like so many baseball cards. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JUNE 25, 2004 Parliamentary committee supports personal music copying Music business analyst Phil Tripp has lauded the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties' recommendations on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the US, which support the copying of purchased music for personal use.. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 P2P supporters gear up for congressional hearing Last week, supporters of P2P networks were scrambling to make sure their views were represented during congressional hearings on the future of P2P, held in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 26. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEPTEMBER 27, 2002 Record labels seek OK for P2P sabotage Frustrated by the continuing presence of free music on the Internet, the recording industry asked for Congress' blessing on Thursday to gum up the online networks they blame for slowing their sales. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEPTEMBER 16, 2002 MP3s Are Big Music's Savior, Not Slayer The online-music business suddenly looks a lot less bleak. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEPTEMBER 10, 2002 End Sought in Internet Music Case Entertainment industry groups have asked a federal court judge to rule before a trial on their copyright infringement claims against Internet file- swapping services KaZaA, Grokster and Morpheus. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEPTEMBER 9, 2002 Morpheus: Legalize It Morpheus is a popular file-sharing software based on the decentralized Gnutella peer-to-peer (P2P) networking protocol, but is it legal? READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEPTEMBER 9, 2002 Morpheus asks court to declare its legality Lawyers for StreamCast Networks, the company behind the popular peer-to-peer software Morpheus, have asked a Los Angeles federal court to rule that the distribution of the software does not violate copyright law, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Monday. READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2002 StreamCast launches Morpheus 2.0 Network World Fusion READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2002 Morpheus 2.0 Review CNET - Download.com READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2002 Forrester sees $2 bln digital music market by 2007 Excite READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2002 Berman bill seeks to legitimize cybercrimes Network World Fusion READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2002 Congress to turn hacks into hackers The Register READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2002 The Digital Beat - MP3 spoofs are stoopid RollingStone.com READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2002 Record Industry Plants Decoys To Foil Fans of Free Web Tunes The Wall Street Journal Online (requires subscription) READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2002 Spotting a scam in sheep's clothing News.com READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MONDAY, JULY 8, 2002 License to Hack ComputerWorld READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2002 Music Labels Seek Individuals Abetting Internet Swapping The Wall Street Journal Online (requires subscription) READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MONDAY, JULY 1, 2002 StreamCast declares Berman bill as cyberwarfare against consumers Network World Fusion READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2002 File-sharing smackdown CNET READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2002 California congressman backs illegal anti-piracy tactics The Hollywood Reporter READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2002 Music industry swamps swap networks with phony files The Mercury News READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2002 P2PL Life Beyond Hype and Annoyance internet.com READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2002 Morpheus updates P-to-P software InfoWorld READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MONDAY, MAY 20, 2002 Burn, Baby, Burn - Sales of music on CD are plummeting. Homemade discs are more popular than ever. What can the big record labels do? TIME.com READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2002 Internet file-sharing boosts music sales, report says cbsnews.com READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2002 Morpheus software morphing Maker of file-sharing program to put limits on MP3 swapping Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2002 Morpheus to Add Paid Music Site Amid litigation, peer-to-peer site turns to pay-to-play services. Scarlet Pruitt, IDG News Service READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free Music--And More--On The Web By Tobey Grumet READ FULL ARTICLE
	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARCH 3, 2002 Morpheus network goes open source CNet News READ FULL ARTICLE
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