COMMENTARY: Not too long ago, civil liberties groups aiming to protect peer-to-peer networks like Napster and Kazaa were happy to dispense some free legal advice to the Recording Industry Association of America.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act--a revision to US copyright laws--has taken a real beating recently, thanks in large part to a high-profile case against a sympathetic computer programmer branded as a criminal hacker.
Companies face a host of legal land mines that they need to consider when developing emerging technology, attorneys at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference told developers Tuesday.
As traditional entertainment distributors line up against telcos in court, lawsuits lasting less than a week could jeopardize the stability and freedom of cyberspace.
Hollywood is poised to up the ante in its war against file swappers, with new technology that could make it easier to remove suspected pirates from campus networks, CNET News.com has learned.
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