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11-07-2005, 04:11 PM
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/07/051107202527.votz3fp6.html
Grokster, the free music-swapping website that prompted a legal battle ending in the US Supreme Court, agreed to shut down its service under a settlement with the US music industry, industry officials said.
Grokster will shut down its peer-to-peer (P2P) network that had been accused of massive copyright violations, prompting a lawsuit that ended with the highest US court ruling that it contributed to piracy, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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"This includes ceasing immediately distribution of the Grokster client application and ceasing to operate the Grokster system and software."
Grokster, the free music-swapping website that prompted a legal battle ending in the US Supreme Court, agreed to shut down its service under a settlement with the US music industry, industry officials said.
Grokster will shut down its peer-to-peer (P2P) network that had been accused of massive copyright violations, prompting a lawsuit that ended with the highest US court ruling that it contributed to piracy, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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"This includes ceasing immediately distribution of the Grokster client application and ceasing to operate the Grokster system and software."