Mr. Gore has been tapping the speech out on a laptop computer and the aides have been exchanging copies of it by computer disk.

Here he had a congenial neighbour in Joseph Hunter; they exchanged copies of collections of dissenting antiquities.

File-swapping services like KaZaA are enabling Internet users to easily exchange free digital copies of copyrighted music.

But it can also be used to exchange electronic copies of books already in the public domain, transcripts of Congressional hearings or any number of other legitimate types of information.

Hazard was not in George Washington's favor however, because during the Constitutional Convention he had put a stop to the customary practice by which newspaper publishers were allowed to exchange copies by mail.

The Kings then exchanged illuminated copies of the ratifications.

Mr. Reagan and the Soviet leader are to exchange copies of the document Wednesday, at a ceremony where they may also sign agreements on such matters as cultural exchanges, transportation safety and navigation at sea.

The British Library is exploring, for example, a collaborative programme with Yale University whereby we would exchange digitised copies of some of our complementary collections.

In the early 1990s Kim's work began to be rediscovered by South Korean cult film fans who discussed his films through the Internet and exchanged hard-to-find copies by videotape.

Avid collectors of radio tapes are already exchanging copies of the BBC broadcast of the performances, and EMI has now recorded the "Fantastique."