A US court has told a Linux enthusiast he must switch to Windows if he wants to use a computer because the court's monitoring software will only work with Microsoft's operating system.
New UK regulations that will implement a European directive on copyright could mean up to two years in jail for file-swappers.
A multimillion-dollar settlement is putting Kazaa on the straight and narrow, but it might not be enough to put the file-sharing service on the road to recovery.
From this week, if you live in the UK, you can be sent to jail for up to ten years for making, dealing with or using illicit recordings -- a longer sentence than is expected for convicted murderers, rapists or even paedophiles.
If you've ever used a peer-to-peer network and swapped copyrighted files, chances are pretty good you're guilty of a federal felony under US law
US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.
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