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  • Judge halts Defcon hacking speech

    A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.

  • Would President Kerry defang the DMCA?

    John Kerry finally has hinted at a position that would mark one of the first real differences from his Republican rival.

  • US Jury convicts man in DMCA case

    A federal jury has convicted a Florida man of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, in the first jury-trial conviction under the controversial law, according to a U.S. attorney's office.

  • US digital law is stifling innovation: lobby group

    A controversial digital copyright law is quashing free speech and choking innovation, according to a new study by longtime critics of the measure.

  • ElcomSoft verdict: not guilty

    A jury on Tuesday acquitted a Russian software company of criminal copyright charges related to selling a program that can crack antipiracy protections on electronic books.

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  • Why open source is bad for Australia

    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

  • Who trusts Microsoft's Palladium?

    Are you really about to let Microsoft into your computer systems to police copyright?

  • Cyberlaw: Future's pretty fuzzy

    The state of Internet law was in flux in 2001. Lawyer Doug Isenberg says that if any lesson has emerged, it's that the same thing will probably remain true for 2002.

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