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Mini music label Blue Destiny Records has sued both Google and Microsoft for allegedly "facilitating and enabling" the illegal distribution of copyrighted songs.

When you get right down to it, Dropbox is a pretty simple app. It syncs folders --that’s it. But what makes Dropbox amazing is the sheer number of different ways you can use that functionality, by itself or in conjunction with other programs, to improve your computing experience.

A Boston University student has been ordered to pay $675,000 to four record labels for illegally downloading and sharing music.

A US student who faces up to $4.5m (£2.8m) in fines for illegally swapping music files online admits he shared hundreds of songs.

Four men behind a Swedish file-sharing Web site used by millions to exchange movies and music have been found guilty of collaborating to violate copyright law in a landmark court verdict in Stockholm.

The operators of the Pirate Bay Web site are heroes to some for enabling free access to copyrighted material. This week, a Swedish court will decide whether they are criminals.

Police have made a major crackdown on illegal file-sharing by seizing a giant computer server during an apartment raid in a Stockholm suburb, an official said Saturday.