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...external help. Legal action in 2001 shut down Napster, the P2P service that was the granddaddy of illegal filesharing. Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that companies whose software enables the trading of free music can be held liable for theft. Levy says the industry's legal crackdown is "paying off in raising awareness ? that stealing music is as bad as any other form of stealing." But the big breakthrough came from Apple, which finally convinced millions of consumers to pay for downloadable music. Apple's iTunes online music store - launched in 2003 - was easy to navigate...
...HAMPTONS HAVE LONG CULTIVATED A Climate of easygoing tolerance, and for years town leaders dealt with illegal immigration by simply looking the other way. But that too is changing, as the numbers grow larger and the complaints grow louder. Last November, in a crackdown that has been lauded by anti-immigration groups around the country, police began taking down information about the vehicles that came to the East Hampton railroad station to pick up day laborers. They traced the plates and sent letters to the IRS and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, saying that the cars' owners might...
Larsen sees the crackdown as a way of targeting the problem without going after the workers directly--an acceptable solution for the sensitive political ecosystem of the Hamptons. Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who mainly oversees the more working-class communities west of the Hamptons, takes a more direct approach. Levy, a Democrat, has initiated sting operations on local contractors and helped towns bust lawbreaking landlords. His police also forcibly removed day laborers from a Farmingville 7-Eleven parking lot. Levy says the voters in his county appreciate his strong arm. "There's a tremendous disconnect between the public...
...vein. In an attempt to head off pro-democracy protests, police detained more than 100 politicians and activists in predawn raids last Thursday, while the government cut phone lines and ordered the army to enforce a daytime curfew in the capital. But tens of thousands of protesters defied the crackdown on Saturday, shouting "Gyanendra leave Nepal" and fighting pitched battles with riot police before being dispersed with tear gas. Hundreds of demonstrators, including several political leaders, were arrested...
...well-publicized success of their relief work. Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Islamabad, has noted his "concern" over the renewed strength of the jihadi groups, which may now find it easier to attract recruits and to wield political influence among ordinary Kashmiris. Still, the militants worry about another crackdown by Musharraf. As Lashkar-e-Toiba spokesman Yahya Mujahid told TIME, "We fear the government will toe the American line and curb our humanitarian work." And if that happens, says Mujahid, "The Kashmiris will die of hunger...