Wednesday, March 3, 2004

AUDIBLE MAGIC... KAZAA KILLER?
RIAA's New Pet... Showing It Off in Washington


"A new political battle is brewing over Net music swapping, focusing on a company that claims to be able to automatically identify copyrighted songs on networks like Kazaa and to block illegal downloads...

Audible Magic has predictably become a protege of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which has helped the company gain entree to official Washington circles. The group says Audible Magic's technology, or something like it, should be adopted by file-swapping companies if they are serious about not supporting widespread copyright infringement." (full article)

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