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  • Sony loses Australian copyright case

    Sony has suffered a setback in its international fight against "mod chips" that enable its PlayStation video game machines to play illegally copied games.

  • Sony softens stance on DRM

    Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the world's second largest music label, has become the last of the top four majors to scuttle digital rights management (DRM) software on music downloads.

  • ACCC applauds Sony mod chip decision

    Australia's competition watchdog has welcomed a Federal judge's finding that a Sydney man had not violated Sony copyrights by selling and installing mod chips for PlayStation consoles.

  • Judge: MP3 site, ISP breached copyright

    Major record labels in Australia have finally won a legal battle against a Queensland man and his Internet Service Provider for alleged music piracy.

  • Music industry scores win in DJ copyright case

    Six disc jockeys were ordered to pay over AU$48,000 in damages last week after being found guilty of copyright infringement charges brought forth by Universal Music and several other music industry applicants.

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    Copyrights and wrongs

    Copyright controversies have plagued the Internet since the early days of Napster, but what is the current state of play, and can the issues ever be resolved?

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    Sony has been in the news a lot in the last year, but mostly for the wrong reasons.

  • Microsoft-SCO: Fact and fiction

    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.

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    Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the open-source community, talks about GPL 3, software patents, the kernel development process and Linux on the desktop.

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    A group of technology heavyweights is expected to take the wraps off a secretive effort to secure music and video on wireless devices, according to sources familiar with the plans.

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  • Do you copy? Over and out.

    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.

  • First Look: Sony Hi-MD MZNH700

    We take a peek at one of Sony's Hi-MD portable music players, supporting a gigabyte of removable storage thanks to the company's higher-capacity media format.

  • Sony DRU-700A

    Sony's first dual layer burner has an attractive price point and performs well, but consumers might want to wait for media to become more generally available. Read our Australian review.

  • Can't stop the music

    Trying to find a path through the music copy and share debate is a continuing battle, but should it be?

  • Sony Memory Stick Walkman

    Meet the next generation of MP3 players -- by the makers of the best-known portable music device on the planet. It is one of the first MP3 players to incorporate a copyright protection scheme for purchasing and downloading music online securely.

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