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The paper discusses the issue of copyright infringement of music on the Internet. The paper describes relevant cases, software and the future of the music industry.

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"The music industry has long recognized both the significance of copyright protection and the inherent difficulties in preventing unauthorized use of music and lyrics that enter into popular culture. In recent years, the advent of first the Internet and then MP3 technology and file sharing protocols has ushered in a dramatic increase in copyright infringement. This is due to the relative ease with which audio files can be quickly distributed over the Internet in what is a largely unregulated communication medium."

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