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Producers of The Hurt Locker filed a copyright lawsuit against 5,000 individual alleged file-sharers. Voltage Pictures will also subpoena ISPs for names of the copyright infringers using their IP addresses.

Economy Hardware filed for bankruptcy protection on April 21. The Central Square hardware store says they ran into some challenging years. They expect their three stores (also in Brookline and Boston) will continue operations.

Rodney’s Bookstore will close late this summer. For now, all books are 50 percent off at the Central Square store. The site may become another bookstore or a nightclub.

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