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By Roger Harris, Ventura County Star, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 5--RIAA NEEDS TO STEP BACK AND TAKE A BETTER LOOK: At last count, the Recording Industry Association of America had sent out more than 1,000 subpoenas in its ...uest to s...uash the life out of those who share music via the Internet. The music industry is serious, it seems, about stopping this online behavior.

The RIAA may win in court, but winning the hearts and minds of individual downloaders and file sharers will be much harder.

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