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  • Sony softens stance on DRM

    Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the world's second largest music label, has become the last of the top four majors to scuttle digital rights management (DRM) software on music downloads.

  • US digital law is stifling innovation: lobby group

    A controversial digital copyright law is quashing free speech and choking innovation, according to a new study by longtime critics of the measure.

  • Hollywood, Microsoft align on new Windows

    As Microsoft readies the next version of its Windows operating system, called Vista, the software giant is building in unprecedented levels of safeguards against video piracy.

  • Major test of copyright laws set to start

    The first big courtroom test of a US law that makes it illegal to offer software for cracking digital copyright protections should finally begin next week, after visa delays for two of the case's main players.

  • Would President Kerry defang the DMCA?

    John Kerry finally has hinted at a position that would mark one of the first real differences from his Republican rival.

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    Copyrights and wrongs

    Copyright controversies have plagued the Internet since the early days of Napster, but what is the current state of play, and can the issues ever be resolved?

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    The Personal Video Recorder perversion

    While news that Australia's copyright law will be updated is welcome -- so copying CDs onto a digital music player is no longer illegal -- there's still plenty to dislike about the proposed new regime.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    Big Brother's user generated troubles

    The weekend's Big Brother "sex scandal", during which the official site's live feed and forums were taken offline, highlights an issue that is provoking debate across the globe: to what extent are Web site administrators responsible for the conduct of their users?

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  • New DVD 'ripper' pre-empts DMCA ruling

    Studio 321 is pushing ahead with new DVD-copying software despite an imminent ruling on its legality under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

  • Home digital home

    Connecting technologies for cribs of the future

  • Copy, right?

    Commentary: As digital media shifts from CD-Rs to writeable DVDs, the question of copyright fair use isn't getting any less relevant.

  • Can't stop the music

    Trying to find a path through the music copy and share debate is a continuing battle, but should it be?

  • DVD copying: the good, the bad, the rip-offs

    DVD copying is a murky, controversial, and highly sought-after process. We wade into the fray.

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