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Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026
The Daily Pennsylvanian







The Daily Pennsylvanian

The recording industry has been using more than lawsuits in the fight against illegal downloading. One of the most effective and least-known downloading deterrents has been the scattering of "decoy" or incomplete files around peer-to-peer services -- a practice also known as "spoofing.