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• TelstraClear exits NZ copyright talks

  TelstraClear has effectively killed plans for an industry code between New Zealand ISPs and copyright holders to sit under the controversial S92 copyright legislation amendment.

• SCO blames Linux, bad publicity for its failure

  In a statement published this week, SCO Group blames the success of Linux and "negative publicity", as causes for its decline -- the company may need to wind up its operations after its copyright case against Novell collapsed, prompting it to file for bankruptcy.

• Judge whittles down SCO claims against IBM

  A Utah judge has thrown out hundreds of claims made by SCO Group in its Linux lawsuit against IBM, finding that SCO failed to specify many of Big Blue's alleged misdeeds.

• SCO e-mail: No 'smoking gun' in Linux code

  A 2002 e-mail suggests that an investigation commissioned by The SCO Group failed to produce any evidence that Linux contained copyrighted Unix code.

• Getting a glimpse at SCO's evidence

  When SCO Group first filed its lawsuit against IBM in March, critics characterised the move as the last gasp of an ailing company hoping to strike a series of lucrative licensing deals.

Blogs (2)

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  Fix flawed software, don't gag the researcher

  If you ran a software company and an independent security researcher contacted you with proof that your product contains security vulnerabilities, how would you react?

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  Corporate Portishead mashups wouldn't be dumb

  You hear a lot about mashups in Web 2.0 -- where one data source is combined with another to produce a new application where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts -- but the musical version of the term is far more apposite to corporate uses of 2.0 techniques than anything which relies on Google Maps APIs.

Features and Case Studies (59)

• SCO takes aim at Linux users

  Unix copyrights in hand, SCO tells companies that licenses will keep them out of the courtroom.

• Why open source is bad for Australia

  Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Additional reading: Why one Norwegian city switched to Linux

• IBM should indemnify open-source customers

  IBM is giving its customers the blues by asking them to assume financial and legal risk with its open-source software--that's after those same customers have already shelled out hundreds of thousands of dollars for the code.

• Microsoft-SCO: Fact and fiction

  Is Microsoft funding the SCO Group's legal fight against Linux? ZDNet hopes to shed some light and answer common questions swirling around the duo's relationship.

• Who trusts Microsoft's Palladium?

  Are you really about to let Microsoft into your computer systems to police copyright?

Reviews (24)

• Do you copy? Over and out.

  Last week saw two legal wins for copyright owners in their battle against piracy, but raised questions of whether large corporations are playing fair in the marketplace. If they're so keen on globalisation and having a 'level playing field', lets see them walk the walk themselves.

• XP product activation: Solution, not conspiracy

  Since Windows XP went 'Gold', the conspiracy theorists and corporate planners have been hard at work. Contrary to the beliefs espoused by the 'Oliver Stone' DOJ advocates, Microsoft did not rush XP to market to beat some artificial government deadline and avoid an injunction.

• Mandrake flirts with non-open source

  French Linux company MandrakeSoft takes a step away from the open-source philosophy, with a change to license terms involving customers that want support for a firewall product.

• Nokia officially N-raged by N-Gage hack

  Handset giant concedes the game-card code on its mobile phone/game deck has been "bypassed."

• Mythconceptions

  Commentary: The average fairy tale has more truth in it that some of the rubbish that's endlessly reiterated about software piracy.

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