Copyright Protection
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Online music wars inspire new weaponry
News The recording industry is experimenting with new technology it hopes can smother online song swapping by targeting music traders' computers directly.
Hacker cracks Microsoft anti-piracy software
News A piece of software being distributed anonymously online has successfully cracked part of Microsoft's anti-piracy technology, the centerpiece of much of the giant's recent forays into the audio and video world.
Philips puts money into digital watermarking
News Philips Electronics yesterday invested in digital watermark company Digimarc, staking a claim to an emerging technology that links the Web with print media.
MP3.com pays US$53.4 million to end copyright suit
News MP3.com agreed Tuesday to pay US$53.4 million to end its copyright infringement suit with Seagram's Universal Music Group in a deal approved by a federal judge just minutes before a scheduled trial to assess damages in the case.
Record labels scoff at Napster's US$1 billion plan
News Record industry insiders on Wednesday responded to Napster's US$1 billion music licensing offer by suggesting the deal was little more than a publicity stunt.
Copyright groups target pirates in Russia and Brazil
News Every day Alexander Ivanov, his wares laid out on a folding table across from Moscow's Red Square, sells US$200 of pirated copies of Windows 98, Office 2000 and other software at a 10th the price of legitimate versions.
Record labels scoff at Napster's US$1b plan
News Record industry insiders respond to Napster's US$1 billion music licensing offer by suggesting the deal is little more than a publicity stunt.
Battle lines harden over Net copyright
News Bruce Lehman thinks the digital copyright laws he helped write are in trouble, and it's largely the Net's fault. Lehman helped author the laws that govern music, video and other digital media distribution when he ran the US Patent and Trademark Office in the mid-1990s.
Napster's zero hour approaching on filters
News By the end of Monday, music-swapping company Napster must prove to the court, the record labels and the world that it is officially blocking songs from being traded with the help of its service.
Linking threats under the radar?
News Organizations increasingly are cracking down on Web sites that send people to another site's inside pages, but many tech activists don't see such moves as an immediate menace.
Linking threats under the radar?
News Organizations increasingly are cracking down on Web sites that send people to another site's inside pages, but many tech activists don't see such moves as an immediate menace.
Siggraph: Taking on fair use, privacy and DRM
News Sony, the Software Freedom Law Center and others weigh in on digital rights management.
Tags: Corporate responsibility, Privacy, Antitrust, Business ethics
DeCSS code-crack dispute back in court
News The film industry and a hacker publication will head back to court in the DeCSS case, a legal dispute that could dictate whether it's legal to publish or link to certain materials online.
Trade a song, go to jail?
News Record industry threatens legal action against file swappers. Are you at risk?
Why the Web can't remain free
News Richard Parsons sounds off on the future of the Internet, his upcoming gig helping to reform Social Security, and power sharing at AOL Time Warner.
