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  • 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.

  • Sony fixes security hole in CDs, again

    Sony BMG is replacing a patch for its CD copy protection software after Princeton University researchers found a security flaw in the update.

  • AU students face court over piracy charges

    The trial of three tertiary students arrested over a music piracy ring alleged to have cost the music industry around AU$60 million has been adjourned until July 8.

  • Sony recalls risky 'rootkit' CDs

    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.

  • Who has the right to control your PC?

    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.

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  • DVD-Audio versus SACD?

    The future of high-fidelity audio is here. The only questions are: which is better and which is here to stay? Two new digital audio formats, DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD, square off.

  • 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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