Australia's software piracy rate is dropping, but not as aggressively as some in the industry would like.
America's love affair with patent litigation has moved to another level, with a well-known patent expert arguing movies and movie scripts should be patentable.
A 2002 e-mail suggests that an investigation commissioned by The SCO Group failed to produce any evidence that Linux contained copyrighted Unix code.
A programmer who helped write the original version of the popular Kazaa file-swapping software is suing its current owner Sharman Networks for US$25 million, saying he still owns part of the copyright to the program.
One of Australia’s leading advertising agencies is being sued for alleged breach of software copyright.
Last night I visited Ten's Supernatural site in order to test the service. As a result, I can comfortably list 10 things wrong with it.
If you ran a software company and an independent security researcher contacted you with proof that your product contains security vulnerabilities, how would you react?
video Novell's Chris Stone scoffs at the SCO Group's legal battle against Novell and other Linux users over Unix copyright claims.
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
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.
IBM is giving its customers the blues by asking them to assume financial and legal risk with its open-source software--that's after those same customers have already shelled out hundreds of thousands of dollars for the code.
Unix copyrights in hand, SCO tells companies that licenses will keep them out of the courtroom.
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?
Last week saw two legal wins for copyright owners in their battle against piracy, but raised questions of whether large corporations are playing fair in the marketplace. If they're so keen on globalisation and having a 'level playing field', lets see them walk the walk themselves.
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.
Commentary: As digital media shifts from CD-Rs to writeable DVDs, the question of copyright fair use isn't getting any less relevant.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
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Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
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