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  • Watching Aimster's "private" network

    An anti-piracy company has begun shining a light on people trading music files through the Aimster file-swapping network, a Napster-like service that promises privacy features that theoretically place it beyond the reach of copyright police.

  • Is Real's hacking of iPod legal?

    Code-crackers risk fines and prison time when they defeat copy-protection technology, but such draconian rules likely don't apply in the case of RealNetworks and its iPod "hack," legal experts said.

  • Hacker cracks Microsoft anti-piracy software

    A piece of software being distributed anonymously online has successfully cracked part of Microsoft's anti-piracy technology, the centerpiece of much of the giant's recent forays into the audio and video world.

  • Music hack spurs legal threats

    A music industry group is seeking to block publication of research that describes anti-piracy technology known as watermarking, saying a report stemming from an industry-backed hacking challenge violates digital copyright law.

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