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PulseNewMedia Napster Pig Latin

March 12th, 2001 @ 11:54 am PST

PulseNewMedia, a company affiliated with the University of Toronto, is using pig Latin to disguise Napster file names that are to be blocked this week. Once installed, the software alters the names of MP3 files, moving the first letter to the end of the word. The band Metallica, for instance, would become ettalicam.

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