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The Future of Music and the Internet

The latest legal twist in the battle over downloading music from the Internet: The Recording Industry of America can no longer force Internet Service Providers to give up the names of users who share music files. JIM GRIFFIN discusses the future of music and the Internet with representatives of RIAA, Verizon Communications, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and EMI.

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KCRW placeholderBy Sarah Spitz • Dec 23, 2003 • 1 min read

JIM GRIFFIN is CEO of

Cherry Lane Digital Music.

Sarah Deutsch is vice president of and associate general counsel for Verizon Communications

Matt Oppenheim is senior vice president of business and legal affairs at the Recording Industry Association of America.

Fred von Lohmann is senior intellectual property attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Ted Cohen is senior vice president of EMI Recorded Music.

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    Sarah Spitz

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    Culture