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Piercing the P2P myths.(Peer to Peer computing)(Brief Article)

Michael Geist examines the financial impact of P2P music downloading in two of his weekly columns in the Toronto Star Law Bytes. Part one says that recording industry loss claims are greatly exaggerated and that P2P file swapping is only marginally responsible for sales declines. Part two concludes

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