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• Skype wins victory in US$4b lawsuit

  A US court has thrown out a US$4.1 billion lawsuit that was levelled against Skype.

• Last waltz for Grokster

  File-swapping company Grokster has agreed to stop distributing its peer-to-peer software, following a US$50 million legal settlement announced Monday in the United States with Hollywood studios and record labels.

• Who's who in the P2P debates

  The US Supreme Court's review of file-swapping -- and by extension, of the legal protections afforded to a host of mainstream technologies -- has drawn interest from all corners, and yesterday's decision won't stop the debate.

• US Supreme Court rules against file swapping

  The US Supreme Court has handed movie studios and record labels a sweeping victory against file swapping, ruling that peer-to-peer companies such as Grokster could be held responsible for the copyright piracy on their networks.

• Court: Hollywood gets P2P giant's server logs

  A Dallas federal court has ordered file-swapping site LokiTorrent.com to shut down and provide Hollywood lawyers with access to its full server logs, including data that could expose hundreds of thousands of people to copyright lawsuits.

Features and Case Studies (10)

• Fighting for the right to swap

  Kazaa's chief lobbyist, Philip Corwin, says Hollywood is sparing no expense to squash P2P.

• Netsky.p: Prevention and cure

  Here's how to Control the latest variation of the Netsky worm.

• The file-sharing dilemma

  M-Terra CTO Darrell Smith says that arguments in the peer-to-peer file-sharing space are still based on days gone by.

• Guard against internal attacks with these strategies

  Firewalls and antivirus packages will fend off intruders and intrusions from the outside world, but how do you protect your company's vitals from an inside job?

• Secure instant messaging with IM Guardian proxy

  Instant messaging is a security risk but admins can take control of IM--and P2P--by setting up IM Guardian as an automatic proxy that detects these applications.

Reviews (13)

• Grokster unleashes ad-free software

  The popular P2P software company is letting loose Grokster Pro at a time when the recording industry is turning up the heat on individuals downloading music.

• There's a bear in there... and some warez as well

  In the shark-infested world of peer-to-peer file sharing BearShare is an unobtrusive delight, marred only by a low success rate in downloading files.

• Apple unveils music store

  Apple Computer has unveiled its latest line of digital music products, including a long-awaited Internet music store and ultrathin versions of its popular iPod portable MP3 player.

• Developer to revive iTunes file-sharing

  The developer of a peer-to-peer file-sharing plug-in for Apple Computer's iTunes music application has decided to give the software a new lease on life, after it was put out of commission by the computer maker's lawyers earlier this month.

• My PC wish list for 2003

  Isn't it time we took another Macintoshesque great leap forward in terms of personal computing, is 2003 going to be a year of computational revolution?

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