Copyright Protection
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BSA: Asia remains a piracy hotbed
News Despite heightened anti-piracy efforts, bootleg software is still used by the majority of Asian users, a new report revealed.
Sony Vaio PCG-C1VFK
Reviews The ultimate 'road warrior' notebook gains Bluetooth and a faster processor.
Asia forum wants to make IT jobs hot again
News Making the IT industry more attractive to Asian job seekers in the post-meltdown era will be a key topic at a regional conference to be held in India.
Linux group rebuffs Hollywood piracy charge
News MPAA hits wrong target with "shoot-in-the-dark approach" in movie copyright fight, says Linux Australia.
EU commissioner pushing for Net self-regulation
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Creator of DVD cracking tool arrested
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Court blocks Streambox from distributing products
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Lawsuit targets copy-protected CDs
News A California woman files a lawsuit against an independent record label that embedded technology in CDs that blocks people from listening to songs on a computer.
Sony BMG plans to drop DRM
News The last major label will throw in the towel on digital rights management and prepare to fight Apple for valuable download revenues.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Music, Digital signatures
ActiveX add-on makes file-swappers pay
News Kokopelli Networks thinks it has the solution to file-sharing copyrighted content, but it is still far from clear whether P2P networks will sign up, and whether users are willing to pay the price.
Supreme Court weighs copyright question
News The US Supreme Court signaled at least some support for a group of freelance journalists who want compensation from publishers for electronic versions of stories that originally appeared in print
Music companies plug in at Net gathering
News Digital music companies Monday unveiled new products aimed at the burgeoning market for commercial online music services at a major industry conference.
Music companies plug in at Net gathering
News Digital music companies Monday unveiled new products aimed at the burgeoning market for commercial online music services at a major industry conference.
New bill aims to smooth music downloads
News US politicians introduce a bill to update copyright law that will let online music services operate without getting into hot water with record labels. It's designed to "encourage lower-cost downloading of music".
Sony vows to advance PlayStation 2's appeal
News Sony is promising more games and a connection with Japan's hit Net-linking cell phone service to defend its PlayStation 2 console, a money-draining product that has dragged Sony profits down.
