Number of digital music tracks legally downloaded from the Internet almost tripled in the first half of 2005. Industry campaign to prosecute and educate against illegal downloading. Only a 3 percent increase in illegal file-sharing from the beginning of the year, to 900 million. John Kennedy, Chairman of the International Federation of Phonographic Industries felt the numbers of illegal file sharing were down because of fear of breaking the law and that many file sharing networks are also riddled with adware, spyware and virus activity.”]
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