Microsoft Australia's regional XBox office has given strong indications it would mimic its US headquarters' policy of penalising XBox owners that use mod chips in their consoles by refusing them access to XBox Live.
The EFF has been in the spotlight this year due to its battle in the Felten vs RIAA copyright case, plus its development of the Open Audio License. It is touted as the saviour of the Internet, but will forces against it succeed in locking the Net down?
ZDNet talks to Australian innovators who have managed to battle a cultural cringe against IT innovation, and sought novel ways to commercialise their product lines.
When Microsoft says it's going to institute copy protection--especially with the operating system itself--the natives take notice. Maybe that's because we fear that if there's one company that can make it work, it's Microsoft.
Commentary: As digital media shifts from CD-Rs to writeable DVDs, the question of copyright fair use isn't getting any less relevant.
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