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Pirates at bay?

Even if the tide has turned in the crusade against Internet upload sites, content-protection watchdogs aren’t letting their guard down

By Alex Beam

 |  Globe Columnist  

  February 28, 2012

It seems as if the content-protection gang has turned the tide in the piracy battle. Kim Dotcom’s alleged pirate site, Megaupload, is out of business, and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the most hated acronym in suburbia, is feeling its oats again. Will people like me have to start paying to watch movies and TV shows on the internet? It’s too awful to contemplate.

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