People should not be criminalised for the file-sharing of copyrighted material if they are not profiting from doing so, the European Parliament has recommended.
Is your Internet service provider appropriating your intellectual property? The question was bought home to NZ IT columnist Bruce Simpson when he found the ISP he was using claimed rights over his intellectual property in its terms and conditions.
As traditional entertainment distributors line up against telcos in court, lawsuits lasting less than a week could jeopardize the stability and freedom of cyberspace.
TV viewers have a contractual obligation to watch commercials? Hollywood studios have a right to hack into computer systems and crash hard drives? Kazaa's Nikki Hemming asks who's to benefit.
iiNet's managing director Michael Malone yesterday vowed to fight the action filed against it in federal court by film and television giants, which alleged iiNet had failed to prevent customers from downloading pirated content.
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
In order to get the real picture behind the US-Australia free trade agreement, one needs to examine the document with a fine-tooth comb. Of particular interest is how Australia will have to model its laws after the US Millennium Copyright Act.
What should you do if your hacked servers are being used for illegal purposes? Read this case study to find out.
Because networks increase the number of interdependencies among machines, they tend to magnify problems. As the saying goes, "Networking is when you can’t get any work done because of the failure of a machine you have never even heard of."
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