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...However this amounted to no more than a passing of the baton to copycats like Limewire and Kazaa, which soon became go-to destinations for voracious music downloaders everywhere....
...Samsung’s shares down 0.73 per cent at Won1,084,000 and KT’s off 1.38 per cent at Won32,200 on Thursday....
...But just as web-savvy Chinese are able to get around the Great Firewall, so too could American downloaders skirt new US laws....
...Fierce competition from supermarkets, online retailers and illegal downloaders has already forced rivals such as Woolworths and Zavvi to go under....
...Persistent illegal downloaders face having their internet links disconnected under a secret trade deal being negotiated by developed nations this week, according to activists and industry groups....
...The shifting of policy is relevant to the more than 1.5bn internet users worldwide, who increasingly access music and films online....
...The format of the album is threatened as downloaders pick only favourite tracks for their MP3 players....
...ISPs will send letters to 1,000 prolific illegal downloaders a week under a three-month trial....
...The IFPI said digital music sales tripled to $1.1bn from $380m in 2004 and predicted “further significant growth” this year....
...The recorded music industry will on Tuesday take legal action against 1,800 people who illegally shared music files on the internet in nine European countries....
...This leaves about 10p for us on a 1.50 download if sold by credit card! Ok when you are selling big numbers but for the startup - there are no options....
...The company is also likely to highlight that legal downloading is gaining traction and that piracy is on the wane thanks to prosecution of illegal downloaders....
...And as BitTorrent downloaders must upload the file at the same time, the most popular files move more efficiently through the network. BitTorrent has proved difficult to tame....
...Hutchison Telecommunications International (HTIL), controlled by Li Ka-shing - Asia’s richest man, said it would cut 11.6 per cent of its global workforce or about 1,160 staff....
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