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Trying to invoke encryption to stop illegal downloads won\'t work, the study adds. Reuters reports via CNET News. '; syndicate.index++; syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Artists, labels finally start teaching about "stealing" '; // syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://news.com.com/2100-1023-959537.html'; syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.mediagiraffe.org/artman/publish/cat_index_26.shtml#144'; syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 26, 2002'; syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Using the voices and words of superstar musicians, the recording industry is finally taking the advice of many of its critics on one point -- it is launching a multi-million dollar advertising campaign to teach teen-age music consumers and others that downloading unauthorized MP3 files violates copyright laws. CNet News\' Lisa Bowman has the story. '; syndicate.index++; syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Fans are starting to gravitate to paid online music services? '; // syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/25/arts/music/25DOWN.html'; syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.mediagiraffe.org/artman/publish/cat_index_9.shtml#147'; syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 25, 2002'; syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The New York Times\' Neil Strauss surveyed some former die-hard file-swapping fans who now say they are becoming grudgingly happy with paid online music services back by labels. Why? Selection and ease of use has come within the range of what they consider reasonable for $10 or so a month. (Registration Required to view site) '; syndicate.index++; syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'KaZaa now lets consumers filter out bogus files '; // syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://news.com.com/2100-1023-958912.html'; syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.mediagiraffe.org/artman/publish/cat_index_9.shtml#146'; syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 22, 2002'; syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'File-swapping service Kazaa\'s new software allows people to rate files so that corrupt or false files will quickly collect ratings poor enough to warn people away from downloading them. That\'s just one of the features the company unveiled this week that is likely to annoy record labels, according to CNET New\'s John Borland. '; syndicate.index++; syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sony Music literally use glue to keep reviewers from ripping CDs '; // syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/16/business/media/16EPIC.html'; syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.mediagiraffe.org/artman/publish/cat_index_26.shtml#138'; syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sep 16, 2002'; syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The New York Times (registration required), documents a case in which Sony Music\'s Epic Records unit has gone to he trouble of actually gluing shut a CD player and permanently affixing headphones to it so that record reviewers to whom hit sent a pre-release won\'t rip the songs onto MP3s. 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