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.
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.
It is possible to trace users sharing unlicensed music files through their IP address, the Federal Court was told today by the first witness called by the major music labels today on their civil case against peer to peer software provider Sharman Networks.
Record label Sony BMG Music Entertainment said on Tuesday that it will recall millions of CDs that, if played in a consumer's PC disc drive, will expose the computer to serious security risks.
Sony BMG Music Entertainment opened a rather ugly can of worms when it started selling copy-protected compact discs that planted so-called rootkit software on computers that played them.
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.
Sony's copy protection could help hide new viruses on a PC. Here's what you need to know to protect yourself.
Microsoft's MacWorld Expo announcement that it will deliver a version of its Media Player software for OS X this coming spring follows two of the company's "new millennium" strategies.
Microsoft is trying to woo Mac OS X users with its new Microsoft Windows Media Player for OS X. Seeking to gain an advantage over its nemesis, Real Networks, this new Media Player release will be the only software to support streaming Windows Media audio and video on the Mac.
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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