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  • Speck goes -- what's next?

    Say what you like about Michael Speck -- he's been effective.

  • Aust students' solicitor slams music industry jail bid

    The solicitor who represented a student sentenced for online music piracy offences has defended the magistrate's decision while lashing out at media coverage and the music industry's pursuit of custodial sentences.

  • Music piracy investigators herald AU copyright case

    The head of an Australian music piracy investigations unit has warned that a recent court case in which three young men pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to music piracy has "exploded many of the myths" related to the Internet and copyright infringement.

  • AUUG faces the music

    ZDNet Australia and the Australian Unix and Open Systems User Group (AUUG) have had an interesting debate this week.

  • Kazaa blocks, warns Aussie users

    Sharman Networks has closed down new Australian users' access to the Web site from which the Kazaa Media Desktop (KMD) can be downloaded.

  • Convict prison, naval dockyard ... now ICT hub?

    Cockatoo Island has variously been a convict prison, reformatory, -industrial school" for wayward girls, shipbuilding centre and music festival venue. Now, if the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust has its way, the island -- the largest in Sydney Harbour -- will be reinvented as a -centre of innovation" for the information and communications technology industry.

  • Personal Net use at work: Should you pay?

    So, work's a bit slow.

  • Hutchison welcomes 3G competition

    Entry by Telstra, Optus and Vodafone into the third-generation mobile market this year will help rather than hurt its 3G business, Hutchison Telecommunications Australia's chief executive Kevin Russell said.

  • In depth: BigPond boss speaks out

    The head of Telstra BigPond, Australia's largest Internet service provider, has warned the music industry not to expect much joy from the soon-to-be-released final version of an industry-developed cybercrime code of conduct.

  • Record companies get Amnesia over piracy

    A small Australian dot-com claims to have found the solution to the problem of selling music online in a way that satisfies both consumers and record labels, and has received backing from Telstra to bring it to market.

  • Aust ISPs hose down reported US copyright attack

    Local Internet service providers (ISPs) have doused reported attempts by a US digital copyright solutions company to force them to terminate the Internet contracts of customers suspected of breaching copyright rules.

  • Mobile phone movies - lacking focus?

    Providers say the technology exists to stream movies to your mobile phone. But are you really ready for a world of slow, two-inch video? Analysts think not.

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