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  • Europe 'should not criminalise file-sharers'

    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.

  • BitTorrent's enterprise DNA takes on Akamai

    Peer-to-peer company BitTorrent has launched an enterprise content delivery product called BitTorrent DNA.

  • Online delivery to cut piracy losses: Symantec

    The online delivery of antivirus and other applications will help reduce software piracy rates, according to Symantec.

  • New piracy boss talks tough on ISPs

    The Australian music industry's newly-appointed chief piracy investigator has warned ISPs that the current Swiftel case will herald a new regime of responsibility for copyright breaches.

  • Why punish the technology?

    "Grokster and StreamCast are simply digital-age versions of the record sellers or dance-hall operators that, when facing liability for failing to supervise or control the infringement from which they directly profit, seek to evade that liability by leaving the dirty work to others."

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  • The war on file sharing hits Australia

    Cover the windows, stay indoors and bunker down the war on file sharing has reached Australian shores. Copyright owners have a fair claim to their content, but is it fair to saddle ISPs with the responsibility of policing their users? And should copyright enforcers be able to steal our privacy?

  • How to curb digital piracy

    Former White House staffer Jonathan Greenblatt believes Hollywood can respond to the challenge of new media but that it must first must reconsider its audience. Otherwise, Tinseltown's future is sure to turn ugly.

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