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You don’t even have to be illegally sharing your files to have the gaming firms after you apparently.  Just ask Gill and Ken Murdoch. 

They’re senior citizens who don’t even play computer games and had never even heard the term “peer-to-peer” until they got a letter in the mail telling them they were being accused of sharing the game Race07 by makers Atari.  Their case was eventually dropped, but there are still hundreds of people this is happening to according to a Which? Computing magazine investigation.  More details after the break.

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Qtrax, a startup site touted as the world’s first legal and free P2P music file-sharing service with more than 25 million songs in its catalog, has taken a nosedive from revolutionary to a total wreck.

After excessively spending £500,000 or close to $1 million to promote this ad-supported music download service, the company forgot to seal one crucial deal – the support of the record industry. The four major record labels EMI, Warner, Sony BMG and Universal all informed Times Online that there no firmed up agreements with Qtrax. Universal and Warner both confirmed its ongoing negotiations with the startup site.

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Over the past few years the torrent site ‘The Pirate Bay’ has become a favorite of those who hate the draconian tactics of the RIAA and MPAA. The merry pranksters have consistently taunted anyone and everyone who has attempted to shut them down. The Pirate Bay has become so influential that the Swedish-based site has even tried to form their own political party. Sadly the Pirate Bay may be winding down. For the first time, the administrators of the Pirate Bay may be facing charges from the Swedish government.

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