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Who's liable for actions of people who share?
3/27/2005 | 
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Jefferson Graham, USA Today, Money
'"Singer-songwriter Janis Ian has lived through vinyl albums, cassette tapes, eight-track cartridges, compact discs and now, digitized music that is swapped illicitly or bought on the Internet.
The Internet, including the unauthorized song-swapping services at the heart of a fight heading to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, helps sales of her CDs, she says.
"I've seen it happen time and time again," says Ian, who self-produces and releases her albums at www.janisian.com. "Someone downloads one of my old songs on Morpheus or Grokster, then they come to my site and buy my new CD."
Researchers for the Pew Internet & American Life Project interviewed 1,400 users about downloading habits in January. It found that while 43% got music through traditional Internet methods, 35% used workarounds to nab free music through instant messages, e-mail or the iPod."
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