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  • Kazaa trial highlights P2P dangers

    The ongoing civil trial involving P2P file sharing network Kazaa highlights the risks corporates face by not locking down employee's desktop applications, say security experts.

  • RIAA draws civil liberties opposition

    The American Civil Liberties Union is accusing the RIAA of illegally unmasking alleged file-swappers.

  • 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.

  • Professor declined to be expert witness for Sharman

    Sharman Networks parties' legal representative today revealed an e-mail stating that one of the witnesses for the Universal Music Australia parties had previously declined to be an expert witness for the Sharman parties in the ongoing civil trial against the peer to peer software provider for alleged copyright infringement. Additional reading: Sharman case story archive

  • Webcam virus writer arrested in Spain

    Spanish police have arrested a man suspected of writing a virus that is capable of spying on users through their Webcams and also stealing online bank passwords.

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  • Fighting for the right to swap

    Kazaa's chief lobbyist, Philip Corwin, says Hollywood is sparing no expense to squash P2P.

  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

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