Now Aimster is looking to give users of AOL's instant messaging software the chance to swap files.

BBC: Ready, Aimster, Swap

Users can swap files, send friends invitations to download the program or set up Internet telephone calls.

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Aimster is an add-on to the software that lets users swap files with the people in their buddy lists.

BBC: Ready, Aimster, Swap

It hopes to avoid a legal challenge by restricting the number of people with whom users can swap files.

BBC: Ready, Aimster, Swap

Just download a bit of software and you can swap files with anyone else who has done the same.

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If you swap files often enough in the cloud that even a Dropbox account feels constraining, check out the source link to back the project yourself.

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Consumers like the certainty that they can swap compatible files between friends and between systems.

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The Aimster software lets users search for and swap MP3 files instead of text messages.

BBC: Ready, Aimster, Swap

The tech entrepreneur brought down the wrath of the film and music industries after starting a peer-to-peer service in 1998 called Scour, which was similar to Napster in that it allowed consumers to swap digital media files with each other.

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The RIAA sued Napster claiming the service allows people to breach copyright and swap pirated MP3 music files.

BBC: Ready, Aimster, Swap

With more than 200 networks, many units are unable to swap e-mail and files.

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There are more than 200 networks, and many units are unable to swap e-mail and files.

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