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  • Write code? You might go to jail

    Two well-known computer security experts pulled down their works from the Internet this week for fear of being prosecuted under 1998's Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

  • Russian hacker supporters call on Adobe

    Supporters of a jailed Russian software programmer have called for Adobe Systems to contribute to a legal defence fund.

  • Record execs risk arrest for MP3 hacks

    Will US music and movie executives risk jail time if they start hacking into file-swapping systems, as a proposed bill would allow? Maybe if they travel to Australia.

  • File swappers sing the jail-bird jingle

    If you've ever used a peer-to-peer network and swapped copyrighted files, chances are pretty good you're guilty of a federal felony under US law

  • Cyberlawyer: Hackers are people, too!

    ZDNet talks to Jennifer Granick, well-known cyberlawyer, about her cases, clients and the newly-developed Centre for Internet and Society.

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