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  • Write code? You might go to jail

    Two well-known computer security experts pulled down their works from the Internet this week for fear of being prosecuted under 1998's Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

  • Yahoo urges dismissal of China lawsuit

    Yahoo has asked the judge in a US lawsuit to dismiss the case against it, claiming that it was bound by Chinese law when it helped identify two journalists in the country that were later jailed for criticising the communist government.

  • Botnets threaten the Internet as we know it

    Botnets are the biggest threat facing the Internet today and neither education, technology or the police can help, according to experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco last week.

  • Online civil libertarians cautiously welcome AU law

    New Australian laws designed to crack down on Internet harassment and usage of the medium to advocate violence have been met with a cautious reaction from online civil libertarians.

  • Enforcing laws in a borderless Web

    More and more, executives are landing in foreign courts for conduct that is legal in their own countries.

  • US seeks alleged Australian 'Internet pirate'

    US authorities are hunting accused Australian Internet piracy kingpin Sean Patrick O'Toole after he failed to appear in an American court on Wednesday.

  • Does Internet legislation target protesters?

    COMMENTARY: The federal government's statement announcing plans to implement legislation that outlaws use of the Internet for "offensive and menacing purposes" contains some very disturbing elements.

  • Uncle Sam reinstates big brother

    If the US Federal attorney general gets his way big brother will have still more power to snoop on the Net, listen in on private conversations and install secret gear.

  • The truth about Internet fraud

    Online credit card scams cost Visa USA at least US$48 million last year. Read on to discover the real story behind the biggest threat to e-commerce and how you can protect your business and yourself.

  • Qld card skimming laws boosted

    New laws targeting criminals who skim credit and debit cards will be introduced in Queensland to target the growing problem of identity theft.

  • Aussie jailed for software piracy

    An Australian resident who headed the notorious DrinkOrDie software piracy gang has been jailed in the US

  • Vic govt beefs up ID fraud laws

    The Victorian government has started cracking down on identity theft by introducing new offences and increasing penalties.

  • Trade a song, go to jail?

    Free music junkies met news of the record industry's legal crackdown on file-swapping individuals with a big yawn--but it looks like the labels are serious. So is it you they're after?

  • Net paedophile jailed

    A paedophile who used the Internet to stalk his victims has been sentenced to five years jail for the sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl he met on the Web.

  • Jail for DrinkorDie software counterfeiters

    Three British men were given prison sentences totalling six years on Friday for their part in a software counterfeiting ring.

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