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  • Post-Napster policing reopens ISP wounds

    Facing the prospect of a post-Napster world, tension is starting to build between copyright holders and ISPs over who should police other file-swapping networks that are poised to step in as replacements.

  • MP3 site removed after Aust court hearing

    The Web site at the heart of a legal battle between several music behemoths and Australian ISP ComCen was taken down this morning at 11.30 am.

  • Piracy battles have ISPs stuck in crossfire

    As Napster's heyday fades into Internet mythology, its influence is being etched in an increasingly tense game of cops and robbers that has Internet service providers caught in the crossfire.

  • File-swapping police lean on ISPs

    Record companies have joined the movie industry in trying to root out post-Napster file trading, putting new pressure on ISPs to clamp down on subscribers' actions.

  • Net copyright ruling sends tremors

    A recent US appeals court decision regarding copyright infringement has Internet companies expressing outrage. ISPs say they are concerned it sets a dangerous precedent that could inhibit the Internet's growth.

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  • Worried about copyright infringement?

    The issues surrounding peer-to-peer file swapping and other potential copyright infringements are garnering increasing interest. Are you keeping an eye the implications?

  • Why open source is bad for Australia

    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

  • Bill Gates and other communists

    Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.

  • When the US says jump, we say....

    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.

  • Cleaning spam from swapping networks

    Researchers think computers that "gossip" with each other are key to filtering out ads -- and piracy-fighting decoys -- on P2P networks.

Reviews (5)

  • Kazaa finds friends in file-swapping fight

    Computer and telecommunications companies are allying with file-swapping service Kazaa in a bid to overhaul the way record labels are paid for music and other content distributed on the Net.

  • Telstra pledges better bush telecommunications

    Telstra Country Wide has announced a AU$231 million investment in 2003/04 to improve services to regional areas.

  • Alternative medicine: Future virus fighting

    SPECIAL REPORT Viruses and worms are likely to be with us for the foreseeable future but how will the methods used to fight them develop?

  • Ring ring:10 mobile phones tested

    Everybody is different, and everyone's needs from a mobile phone differ markedly. Check out our Australian reviews of 10 distinctly different phones.

  • Network management and debugging

    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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