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Music biz backs anti-Napster MP3 sniffer-outer

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

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.

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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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