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  • Rip an MP3 - go to jail for ten years

    From this week, if you live in the UK, you can be sent to jail for up to ten years for making, dealing with or using illicit recordings -- a longer sentence than is expected for convicted murderers, rapists or even paedophiles.

  • 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

  • First legal blitz launched against UK music sharers

    The UK music industry is launching a broadside at file-sharers in this country for the first time - trade body the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is suing 28 people thought to be responsible for uploading music illegally.

  • UK file-swappers could face jail under new law

    New UK regulations that will implement a European directive on copyright could mean up to two years in jail for file-swappers.

  • Linux-using movie pirate forced to adopt Windows

    A US court has told a Linux enthusiast he must switch to Windows if he wants to use a computer because the court's monitoring software will only work with Microsoft's operating system.

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  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

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