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  • SA's top cop scoffs at police piracy claims

    After reports alleged yesterday that "hundreds" of South Australian police had been sprung using their work computers to illegally download films, the state's Commissioner has refuted the accusations in a letter published today.

  • 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.

  • Warez raids: An Australian's account

    As accounts of recent Internet piracy raids in Australia - in which Federal Police helped US Customs officers execute six search warrants and seize of a range of computer equipment, appear on the Web, law enforcement agencies seem unsure as to who is ultimately responsible for prosecuting those involved.

  • Senators ask P2P companies to police themselves

    A group of Washington lawmakers called on Friday for file-swapping companies to help stop distribution of copyrighted materials and pornography on their networks.

  • AFP raid Sydney Internet caf

    A Sydney Internet caf has been raided today by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), after the cafe allegedly provided extensive access to illegal downloads of movies and music.

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  • Mythconceptions

    Commentary: The average fairy tale has more truth in it that some of the rubbish that's endlessly reiterated about software piracy.

  • MS Palladium: A must or a menace?

    Microsoft's upcoming Palladium architecture for 'Trusted Computing' may secure PCs, but it also threatens to turn people's computers into spies.

  • DVD to the rescue?

    Commentary: This radical proposal could save the music business and give consumers what they want.

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