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RIAA Sues FastTrack Clients
Posted by Ernest Miller on Wednesday, October 03 @ 19:54:03 EDT File Sharing
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which had previously sued Napster out of the free music business [see, the RIAA's take on the case (RIAA / Napster)], has now sued three companies using Amsterdam-based FastTrack's file sharing software: Music City, Grokster, and KaZaA. Read the RIAA's press release (Motion Picture and Recording Industries File Suit Against MusicCity and Others). Dotcom Scoop was among the first to break the story (Internal Memos Outline RIAA's Strategy To Launch Offensive Against Peer-To-Peer Networks) and they have also published an internal memo (RIAA memo citing strategy & analysis to battle P2P networks) and letter from Hillary Rosen (Letter from RIAA President & CEO to industry leaders) outlining the RIAA's anti-P2P strategy - though the RIAA refuses to verify the authenticity of the documents. ZDNet News reports on the case, which was filed yesterday, and points out the differences and additional difficulties the RIAA will face in this lawsuit (Record industry sues Napster clones). Although to the user the FastTrack software is similar to Napster, the underlying architecture does not rely as heavily on a centralized server. Slashdot discusses the case (RIAA Looks To Stop KaZaA, Morpheus & Grokster).

InfoAnarchy points out some of the legal vulnerabilites that these services have built into their systems (Lawsuit filed against FastTrack, MusicCity, Grokster).
 
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