The Marketplace Report: Court Sides with File Swappers

By Alex Chadwick

Published August 20, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

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NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Bob Moon of Marketplace about the latest legal blow to the entertainment industry. A federal appeals court has ruled that makers of Internet file-sharing programs such as StreamCast are not legally liable for the songs or movies their users swap online.

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Alex Chadwick

For more than 30 years, Alex Chadwick has been bringing the world to NPR listeners as an NPR News producer, program host and currently senior correspondent. He's reported from every continent except Antarctica.