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  • Will European ISPs be forced to block illegal content?

    The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) is standing by its claim that UK ISPs should not have to block illegal content sent over their infrastructure despite a court ruling in Belgium, which could change the status quo.

  • Schools stay mum on file traders' names

    US universities have adopted a similar stance as their Australian counterparts by contesting demands from the music industry that they hand over personal information the music industry alleges contains proof of copyright infringement.

  • Clarke flies the Freenet flag

    A vociferous spokesperson for absolute anonymity and free speech online Ian Clarke talks through the challenges to P2P networks, and his latest project.

  • Net radicals seek safer territory

    While the first generation of file-trading technologies fights over Napster's leavings, more radical Net programmers are still committed to building a wholly anonymous, virtually untraceable way of communicating and trading files online.

  • Are you going to pay for that?

    Napster will cut a deal with the Recording Industry - that much we can already assume. So are you really going to pay for Napster when other free options become available?

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