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[FYI] Letter indicates states have set sights on P-to-P



<http://www.thestandard.com/article.php?story=20040317052943571>

Letter indicates states have set sights on P-to-P

Wednesday, March 17 2004 @ 05:29 AM GMT

By Stacy Cowley, IDG News Service

Peer-to-peer (P-to-P) file-swapping software makers could soon find 
themselves under closer legal scrutiny from the attorneys general of 
several U.S. states. A P-to-P industry advocacy group this week 
distributed a leaked draft copy of a letter apparently in the works 
from California Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office, promising 
increased scrutiny of the risks to consumers of P-to-P software 
programs.

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