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.
Issues surrounding intellectual property (IP) set the legal agenda this year, and the trend is likely to remain hot in 2004, according to Melbourne based IT lawyer Erhan Karabardak.
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.
Moves in the US and UK to tighten copyright laws to assist the fight against piracy, may not even be required in Australia, argues senior lawyer Carolyn Hough.
As traditional entertainment distributors line up against telcos in court, lawsuits lasting less than a week could jeopardize the stability and freedom of cyberspace.
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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
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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.
Telstra is determined to create new sources of revenue by investing in new IP infrastructure and building managed offerings around the integration of infrastructure and services. This means turning the company into a new kind of business -- with major implications for the whole economy.
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Studio 321 is pushing ahead with new DVD-copying software despite an imminent ruling on its legality under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
In order to survive, the IT industry has gone through some big changes in the last few years. by contrast, the music industry still doesn't get it.
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