Aimster,
the file-sharing technology that plugs into AOL's instant messaging service, is seeking to protect itself from the music business by invoking the protection of the same controversial law used to go after Napster. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) bars decryption of code designed to protect copyrights and Aimster claims that its incorporated encryption, as of Wednesday, protect users from observation. Theoretically, it would be illegal for the music industry to try to determine what files are being traded through the service. |
In an attempt to shift the blame for violations to the users rather than the service, Aimster has also written a new "terms of service" agreement that bans the trading of copyrighted material.
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