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Says NetPD sales and marketing director Jon Fowler, "We can also put filters on each search to differentiate between pirates and genuine fans, and the software is so sophisticated that it also can differentiate between
different mixes of a song or whether a song is from a live concert or from a studio recording."
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This is a link from the link provided by snowman, the article is about a year and a half old so take that into account...
Billboardİarticle published October 21, 2000
NetPD Tracks file Swapping On Web;
U.K. Co. 's Software Instrumental in Metallica's Suit Against Napster
There is an interesting point made in the last paragraph about gaining government support by pointing out the amount of porn available through the same channels:
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"We are trying to raise government awareness of this, and by doing that we can also hopefully help the music industry and others to stamp out Internet piracy."
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PS - And on a completely related note I recently ran across this text in my travels:
Rip Date....: 04/09/2002
Retail .......: 07/23/2002
If you read all the above links provided you might know what this refers to... (A little haven in the desert maybe?
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