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August 2004
IT Innovations and Concepts

Digital piracy: a global problem costing the music and film industries at least $34 billion in 2003. And surprisingly, file-sharers in the United States lag behind swappers in Europe.
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September 9, 2003
USA Today

Elderly man, schoolgirl, professor among file-swapping defendants
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March 2003
Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives

At any given time, there are more than 6 million pornographic files available to kids who are logged onto the Internet using a P2P program. With access to a broadband connection, the most hardcore X-rated videos can be downloaded in minutes.
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February 2003
U.S. General Accounting Office

Enter the words "Britney Spears" or "Olsen twins" or "Pokeman" into a peer-to-peer network search engine, and more than half the files retrieved will contain pornography, some of it featuring children.
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February 2003
IPSOS-Reid

In 2003, 42% of file-sharers 12 years and older report that they've illegally burned--or copied--music onto a CD.
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February 14, 2003
CNN.com

Illegal downloading fight targets corporations
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April 10, 2002
USATODAY.com

Music industry forces $1M settlement for MP3 use
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April 2001
Pew Internet Tracking

In a survey conducted in 2000, 61% of teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 had downloaded music from the Internet.
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