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  • Covering tracks: new privacy hope for P2P

    Jason Rohrer was battling an insect invasion last year when he hit on an idea that he hopes will help file-swappers hide from the copyright police.

  • Aust exec defends Kazaa sleeper software

    Two days after disclosures that file-swappers using Kazaa were unwittingly downloading software that could turn their computers into part of a new network, Kazaa's owner spoke up to defend the company's actions.

  • In DMCA war, a fight over privacy

    On May 16, 2002, top executives from the Recording Industry Association of America gathered to celebrate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a controversial law that Congress enacted in hopes of curbing online piracy.

  • Privacy advocates decry "fishing" expedition

    The NSW Council for Civil Liberties has joined with student associations in a campaign against the music industries attempts to gain access to personal information in its fight against music piracy.

  • Music industry, Internet users headed for showdown

    The launch soon of a new code of conduct governing relations between law enforcement agencies and ISPs will emphasise the growing gulf between the music industry and the Internet community over online copyright-breaching activities.

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  • Promoting Web privacy

    The World Wide Web Consortium's Lorrie Cranor urges Webmasters to adopt better privacy regulations. Her message: Now is the time to start acting more responsibly.

  • Customers' trust is vital in site marketing efforts

    Customer/visitor identification is just one part of the online business equation—it’s just as important to understand which customers return to your site, and why.

  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    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.

  • How to stop SPIM abuse

    Abuse of IM can cripple workforce productivity, and even more serious is SPIM -- spam sent through instant messaging -- which is growing like a virus.

  • PestPatrol: Detect and remove hacker tools

    Many apps, especially P2P and IM software, install programs in the background that can jeopardise security. Use PestPatrol to detect and remove them.

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Reviews (4)

  • Copy, right?

    Commentary: As digital media shifts from CD-Rs to writeable DVDs, the question of copyright fair use isn't getting any less relevant.

  • Jumping on the Napster Train

    Peer-to-peer computing is hot, but what are we going to share now that we can't share music for free?

  • Peer pressure: 10 P2P utilities tested

    Despite the RIAA's efforts to shut down file-swapping services, these 10 apps carry Napster's torch.

  • Shock! Viruses in Digital Music

    You know not to open e-mail attachments from suspicious recipients. But what about playing a song from someone you don't know? Turns out that's another way to infect your computer with a virus.

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