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Supreme Court Hears Copyright, File-Sharing Case

NPR | By Nina Totenberg

Published March 29, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

The Supreme Court hears arguments on whether copyright protections apply to peer-to-peer file sharing. The case pits the entertainment industry against software company Grokster.

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