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As MP3 technology becomes increasingly popular, the music industry, artists, fans, and software developers struggle over how to create copyright regulations that suit the world of online music.

Panel sounds off on MP3, copyright Music may soothe the beast, but the issue of copyright protection in downloadable music has artists, members of the recording industry, and Net music technologists hunkering down to wage battle. Singers Morissette, Amos support MP3 Alanis Morissette and Tori Amos are the latest artists to eye the MP3 format as a way to reach fans online Diamond to protect copyrights on Rio Diamond has contracted with Intertrust Technologies to incorporate copyright protection software in its Rio player, which stores and plays MP3 music files.