Exclusive to ZDNet, the Hon Daryl Williams Commonwealth Attorney-General gives the government's position on the protection of intellectual property in the Internet age.
2009 will force New Zealand's ISPs to come to grips with an amended Copyright Act, which includes a provision forcing them to disconnect customers who have allegedly infringed copyright.
Australian Web owners and designers are being warned of the legal risks involved in copyright on the Internet.
Stanford Law professor Lawrence Lessig warns in a new book that structural change is clouding the outlook for the kind of bold advances that originally gave rise to the Internet. Is he an oracle, or an alarmist?
Internet law in 2003 was full of surprises.
Termination of file-sharing internet users' accounts is coming up for New Zealanders again.
We're not thinking outside the box enough on the problem of copyright criminality. I would like to propose a solution to that.
Will new business models cut down the amount of people breaking the law, reduce the market for pirates and remove the need for litigation?
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?
Pretty soon, the government will be screening and filtering our email as well as making blogs like this one disappear.
Users who download and store MP3 collections on company equipment and network not only hog bandwidth but also are exposing your network to security breaches and your company to copyright infringement liability.
IT lawyer and ZDNet Australia columnist Jeremy Szwider looks at the legalities of e-mail forwarding.
Cover the windows, stay indoors and bunker down the war on file sharing has reached Australian shores. Copyright owners have a fair claim to their content, but is it fair to saddle ISPs with the responsibility of policing their users? And should copyright enforcers be able to steal our privacy?
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft's (AFACT) hunt for Australia's third largest internet service provider iiNet is set to resume on Monday, with all eyes on its managing director Michael Malone as he takes the stand.
Are you really about to let Microsoft into your computer systems to police copyright?
Studio 321 is pushing ahead with new DVD-copying software despite an imminent ruling on its legality under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Trying to find a path through the music copy and share debate is a continuing battle, but should it be?
DVD copying is a murky, controversial, and highly sought-after process. We wade into the fray.
Apple Computer has unveiled its latest line of digital music products, including a long-awaited Internet music store and ultrathin versions of its popular iPod portable MP3 player.
Handset giant concedes the game-card code on its mobile phone/game deck has been "bypassed."
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