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Pirates pee on Amazon's MP3 parade
Published 12/4/2008 at The Register
Hijack MP3 announcement Amazon.co.uk yesterday trumpeted the launch of its MP3 download service, but a group of upstart coders chose the same day to blow their own horn about a Firefox plugin linking the e-tailer's service to The Pirate Bay.…
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