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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 5:20 am Post subject: Music labels hunt net 'pirates'
The US record industry is planning to sue people who swap music over the internet.
Starting on Thursday, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says, it will gather evidence against users of "peer-to-peer" software such as Kazaa, and file $150,000 (£90,000) lawsuits against them.
The RIAA says its sales have been hit hard by the software, which allows users to swap music, films, and other files over the internet.
But the president of one peer-to-peer site blasted the RIAA threat as counter-productive.
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