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[FYI] Music biz backs anti-Napster MP3 sniffer-outer



http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18839.html

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Music biz backs anti-Napster MP3 sniffer-outer  

By: Tony Smith  

Posted: 09/05/2001 at 14:28 GMT  

The music industry today gave its backing to software that allows 
punters to do its dirty work for it.  

The software, called Songbird, allows users to search for songs on 
the Napster network (you have to be a registered Napster user to 
perform the search). It is aimed at copyright owners who want to see 
which of their songs are being shared.  

[...]

Songbird is free, but we note that Media Enforcer is very quick to 
try and sell you a $50 upgraded version that will also search 
Gnutella and adds movies and other digital media to the list of 
searcheable files.  

[...]

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