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ISPs gird for copyright fights

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ISPs gird for copyright fights

By John Borland

Staff Writer, CNET News.com

September 9, 2002, 4:00 AM PT

A delicate detente is breaking down under pressure from peer-to-peer networks, placing two powerful industries on a collision course that could reshape the legal landscape for online file-swapping.

Record companies and movie studios have long turned to Internet service providers for help in their battle against online piracy, but ISPs are beginning to balk at what they see as increasingly onerous demands to step up pressure against online copyright infringement.

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