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Posted by Hemos on Wednesday December 08, 1999 @07:52AM from the enter-the-legal-guns dept.

Jason R was the first to write with legal battle news that the RIAA^[?] has filed a lawsuit against the company that makes the Napster. They are seeking damages of up to $100,000 per pirated song - Napster says that their software exchanges no files, and that they are not legally responsible for any pirating done.

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