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New Yorkers speak out on file-sharing scandal

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Published 19 April, 2009, 10:25

This week has seen staff from the Pirate Bay file-sharing website sent to jail. Many web users still don’t know which side to take. Online journalist Lori ‘The Resident’ Harfenist asked New Yorkers what they think.

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