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  • BMG to share copyright cheer

    BMG Entertainment says it will share damages from a lawsuit against MP3.com, with all of its artists whose copyrights were infringed by the company.

  • BMG to test 'rip'-proof CDs

    BMG Entertainment has said it will work with security technology provider SunnComm to create copy-protected CDs, one of a growing number of efforts by the record labels to combat alleged Internet piracy at the source.

  • Sony halts production of 'rootkit' CDs

    Sony BMG Music Entertainment said on Friday that it will suspend production of CDs with copy-protection technology that has been exploited by virus writers to try to hide their malicious code on PCs.

  • Witnesses tackle Kazaa filtering claims

    Overriding severe objections from Sharman Networks' counsel, Federal Court Justice Murray Wilcox allowed an anti-piracy services provider based in New York to give evidence at the civil trial against owners of the peer-to-peer software Kazaa.

  • Report claims Kazaa "makes the rules"

    After objections from Sharman Networks' party, Judge Murray Wilcox allowed the admission of an affidavit containing the report on the economic logic of the Kazaa peer-to-peer software.

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    Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the open-source community, talks about GPL 3, software patents, the kernel development process and Linux on the desktop.

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  • Microsoft CD copy protection advances

    The software giant digs its roots a little deeper into the music business as Macrovision agrees to license its Windows digital rights management technology for CDs.

  • MP3.com Announces Subscription System

    MP3.com Chairman and CEO Michael Robertson announced a new subscription system that would allow artists and labels to control the price of subscriptions -- and raise or lower the charge.

  • Digital Audio Formats Demystified

    Without a doubt, one of the biggest stories of 2000 was the rise of Napster and the continuing saga of MP3. But, MP3 is just one of several digital audio formats widely used today.

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