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  • In refugee camp, a P2P outpost

    Deep in the tense Jenin refugee camp in the Palestinian West Bank, a new file-swapping service is daring record labels and movie studios to turn their piracy-hunting into an international incident.

  • Police raid Sydney university over alleged music piracy

    The Australian Federal Police raided the University of Technology, Sydney on Wednesday this week in connection with the "AU$60 million music piracy case" currently before the courts.

  • AU students face court over piracy charges

    The trial of three tertiary students arrested over a music piracy ring alleged to have cost the music industry around AU$60 million has been adjourned until July 8.

  • First legal blitz launched against UK music sharers

    The UK music industry is launching a broadside at file-sharers in this country for the first time - trade body the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is suing 28 people thought to be responsible for uploading music illegally.

  • Peer-to-peer battle gets personal

  • Clarke flies the Freenet flag

    A vociferous spokesperson for absolute anonymity and free speech online Ian Clarke talks through the challenges to P2P networks, and his latest project.

  • Copyright and the Internet: Rights and obligations online

    Moves in the US and UK to tighten copyright laws to assist the fight against piracy, may not even be required in Australia, argues senior lawyer Carolyn Hough.

  • 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.

  • Skype's VoIP ambitions

    Q&A Niklas Zennstrom may be Sweden's most famous serial entrepreneur.

  • A new tech battle brews in D.C.

    Even casual observers of the moral swamp called Washington, D.C., may remember the notorious Hollings bill, a mandatory copy protection proposal last year, which Hollywood's lobbyists loved and Silicon Valley hated.

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