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* e-mail Scams Glossary *
Here are some terms that might help you understand the hacking-cracking-spoofing-phishing nonsense. . .
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*Box Office Piracy: Scandal in the High Cs -- movie studios still obsessing about Pirates . . . *
. . .and we don't mean the "of the Caribbean" kind, either.
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Actor sued over leaked Oscar screener *
Two major movie studios sued an actor and longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who allegedly leaked “screener” copies of movies that were then reproduced and distributed on the Internet.
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All that you leave behind *
On-line stores and downloading may be the future of music retailing, but don't throw away that CD player yet.
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Another e-mail scam claims to unlock satellite access *
Typos and syntax errors are usually a dead give-away, and this one has lots of both!
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Apple ditches freebies *
Apple's decision to stop offering free downloads of iMovie and iPhoto is part of a clear shift by the Mac maker to try to recoup more of the dollars it invests in creating software for the Mac.
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Are we surfers or serfs? *
This week's ruling on uploading music was a start, but we must be vigilant if we want to avoid becoming Internet peasants, says technology journalist GEORGE EMERSON.
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Black Hat, Lynn Settle with Cisco, ISS *
At the conclusion of the Black Hat Briefings yesterday, embattled security researcher Michael Lynn disclosed the agreement he and the conference made with Cisco Systems and Internet Security Systems concerning his presentation on Cisco software vulnerabilities.
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Book copiers raided *
Bailiffs swooped on a Montreal photocopy business Wednesday and seized 2,200 illegally copied study guides and textbooks in one of the largest raids on copyright piracy in the country.
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Canada's spam king apologizes *
Canadian man accused of being one of the biggest spammers in the world by Yahoo Inc. has agreed to stop sending unwanted e-mails and plans to help educate children about the dangers of the Internet
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Canadian Court sides with music swappers *
Sure to annoy our American neighbours, the Federal Court of Canada ruled Wednesday that Internet Service Providers can't be forced to turn over identities of suspected music swappers, throwing a roadblock in the path of the recording industry's efforts to crack down on the practice.
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Canadian file-swapping case on hold *
The Canadian Recording Industry Association's bid to force Internet producers to reveal some of the identities of their customers who share music over the Internet is on hold.
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Canadian record companies seek names in piracy battle *
Shaw to fight legal action that would force disclosure of information about customers.
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Canadians flock to the big screen, says StatsCan *
Statistics Canada says Canadians showed a growing interest in watching movies at theatres rather than at home in 2004-2005. On the other hand, movie-goers are still subjected to humiliating body searches. What gives?
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China cracked down on Hero Pirates *
Hero was the movie that started the crack-down.
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Copyright litigation is threatening innovation *
As unlikely as it sounds, the most important issue in new technology has become copyright law.
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Court backs DVD movie makers *
In a closely watched case that pitted free speech against the protection of trade secrets, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday that courts may be able to block computer users from posting on the Internet a code for illegally copying DVD movies.
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Dastardly Deeds: The Mis-adventures of Captain Copyright *
It's a bird, It's a plane...it's a conveniently censored, holier than thou, flying A-hole!
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Distributors of DVD-copy software sued *
Hollywood studios Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox sued a handful of small software companies Wednesday, alleging that their distribution of DVD-copying software violates copyright law.
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Download Wars: Dividing the spoils *
As it seeks ways to sink file-sharing pirates, the music industry might be advised to take a new tack, GUY DIXON writes
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Download Wars: Free loading *
DOWNLOAD WARS: THE AUDIENCE: 15-year-olds think buying music is for suckers. Middle-aged men can't remember the last time they purchased a CD. As the music industry begins its crackdown, GUY DIXON talks to fans who get their fix from their computers. The first in a three-part series
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Download Wars: Singing a different tune *
Not all artists share the industry's view that free music is bad, GUY DIXON finds. Some see filesharing boosting sales
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DVD movie pirates looking for new treasure in Canada *
Just seconds before the start of the summer's first blockbuster, the Warner Bros. epic Troy, a slide appears on the giant screen of downtown Toronto's Paramount theatre explaining that video recording of the movie is illegal and that any one caught taping it will be prosecuted.
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EarthLink sues B.C., Alabama spammers *
EarthLink, the third-largest U.S. Internet service provider, filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against 100 e-mail spammers -- mostly based in Vancouver and Alabama -- who allegedly sent millions of unwanted commercial messages.
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Edmonton scientist gets $1.6-million for virtual reality work *
Musicians thousands of miles apart could jam in cyberspace and engineers from different continents could analyze designs in virtual reality if a University of Alberta researcher's work pays off.
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FBI arrests suspect in Net-virus case *
Minnesota teen charged with unleashing damaging version of the 'Blaster' worm
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FBI makes arrest in Net movie piracy case *
A man who allegedly used the Internet to distribute Oscar "screener" movies sent to him by a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been arrested in Illinois, authorities said.
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FBI to arrest teen for Internet worm *
The FBI has identified a teenager as the author of a damaging virus-like infection unleashed on the Internet and plans to arrest him early Friday, a U.S. official confirmed Thursday.
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FCC to limit digital TV piracy *
U.S. federal regulators say broadcasters may embed an electronic marker in high-quality digital television shows to make it harder to copy and distribute the programs over the Internet.
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File sharing and firewalls *
This week, Trippin asks: "I was reading some of your past articles about the use of KaZaa. I am running a firewall program on my computer called BlackIce. It instantly alerts me when someone has tried to gain access to my computer even when my KaZaa is turned off. Are you aware of this program and is it a good one to have..?
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File-sharing doesn't kill CD sales, study finds *
A study of file-sharing's effects on music sales says on-line music trading appears to have had little part in the recent slide in CD sales.
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For on-line fraud, an old Irish solution *
One of the toughest hurdles in creating a consumer-oriented on-line business is developing trust.
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Free Cable on 'Dish Network' -- Guess again (it's a scam) *
A little research reveals that this is a scam, supplying you some access -- and it isn't entirely legal, either.
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Go ahead, download me *
The traditional business of manufacturing and marketing records is dead. Good, says musician TOM STEWART. Long live the Internet and file-sharing!
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Hacker freed on bail after court appearance *
A hacker charged with breaking into The New York Times' computer system and illegally accessing more than $300,000 (U.S.) in information services was released on $250,000 bail Friday and told to avoid computers.
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Hackers step up e-commerce attacks *
E-commerce was the most targeted sector for computer attacks during the first half of this year, and there is growing evidence that there may be a shift toward hackers being motivated by economic gain instead of notoriety, warns a report on Internet security to be released today.
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Hollywood preaches anti-piracy to schools *
As part of its campaign to thwart on-line music and movie piracy, Hollywood is now reaching into school classrooms with a program that denounces file-sharing and offers prizes for students and teachers who spread the word about Internet theft.
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Hollywood wants pirates' gold *
The Hulk is the latest to turn up first on the Net as Napster-like digital heists threaten movie studios, GAYLE MacDONALD reports
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Internal theft is toughest piracy issue facing record companies *
The music recording industry may have a legitimate beef with copyright pirates, but there's one kind of pirate it doesn't like to mention very often: itself.
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Internet companies legitimize file sharing *
The music industry is giving all it's got to the fight against unauthorized file sharing. But if you can't kill the beast, why not tame it?
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Internet piracy growing *
Counterfeit software sales over the Internet are reaching epidemic proportions, and the reasons are obvious...
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ISPs should name uploaders, lawyers say *
A federal judge heard arguments Friday about why Internet service providers should be forced to hand over the names and addresses of 29 so-called music uploaders to the Canadian recording industry.
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Kazaa turns tables on labels *
Turning the tables on record labels, makers of the most popular Internet song-swapping network are suing entertainment companies for copyright infringement.
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Kazaa, iMesh vulnerability termed 'serious' *
Users of file sharing programs such as Kazaa and iMesh are urged to install a security patch after a serious bug was discovered in their underlying network
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Lawsuit threat not slowing file sharing *
Despite the threat of lawsuits from the recording industry, music fans across the country continued to swap songs illegally over the Internet, many taking precautions to remain below the radar.
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Leah McLaren: The secret of indie record store success *
My local independent record store has been doing booming business all summer
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Long live file sharing, death to bland culture *
It's not just because of their lead-footed public relations that I have little interest in mustering sympathy for the Recording Industry Association of America. It's not just because they sued 12-year-old Brianna LaHara for downloading such songs as the theme from Friends and If You're Happy and You Know It.
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Long-shot suit charges RIAA with extortion, racketeering *
It's probably not the first time that record company executives have been likened to Al Capone, but this time a judge might have to agree or disagree.
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Malaysia seizes pirated Star Wars DVDs *
Police in Malaysia have seized half-a-million pirated DVDs, according to the country's information ministry.
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MalWare attacks on Small Businesses increase *
Ad-aware is a free spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry, and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them safely.
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Microsoft cracks down on code traders *
Microsoft has sent several letters to people known to have posted Windows source code on the Internet, warning them to stop offering the files and erase any copies.
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Microsoft to offer bounty on hackers *
Microsoft will announce on Wednesday that it will offer two $250,000 (U.S.) bounties for information that leads to the arrest of the people who released the MSBlast worm and the SoBig virus.
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More Oscar screeners turn up on Internet *
Two additional movies sent to Oscar voters have surfaced on the Internet, with a screener copy of House of Sand and Fog briefly up for sale on an auction site and Cold Mountain available for downloading, studios said.
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Movie studios launch offensive against Internet pirates *
Hollywood studios said Thursday they will file hundreds of lawsuits later this month against individuals who swap pirated copies of movies over the Internet.
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Music companies play Whack-a-Mole *
It hardly matters that Shawn Fanning is has a new music-downloading program. His legal, fee-based file-sharing network is going to be mauled by the very same monster he unleashed when he gave the world Napster.
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Music giant chops prices to combat downloads *
North American record giant Universal Music is slashing prices on its compact discs in a desperate bid to get music fans back into stores and away from downloading music for free on their home computers
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Music industry appeals ruling *
The Canadian Recording Industry Association has filed an appeal of the recent court decision denying CRIA's request for Internet Service Providers to reveal the identities of alleged uploaders of digital music.
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Music industry does not react with one voice *
Executives at the major record labels have always been clear on the matter: File sharing is wrong. Dead wrong. No court decision will ever likely change their minds.
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Music industry gets slick on swapping *
The recording industry is showing fitful evidence of getting its act together in the face of the global explosion of music swapping. While it will never score total victory, the industry will make some gains, and in the process change some things about swapping and possibly, the Internet itself.
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Music industry sues 532 in piracy suits *
New tactic targets downloading John Does.
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Music industry to unveil amnesty offer *
The recording industry is expected to announce as early as next week an amnesty program for people who admit they illegally share music files across the Internet, promising not to sue them in exchange for their admission and pledge to delete the songs off their computers
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Music industry's big squeeze *
High prices, selective price cuts and Internet piracy are making it tougher for fans who want more than the big hits, GUY DIXON writes.
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Music labels lash out at file-swappers *
The embattled music industry disclosed aggressive plans Wednesday for an unprecedented escalation in its fight against Internet piracy, threatening to sue hundreds of individual computer users who illegally share music files on-line.
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Music piracy case tests Net free speech *
Message to chat room orators and e-mail addicts: Legal experts say a record industry campaign to ferret out those who share songs on the Internet may yield the first definite signs of how Canada's courts will approach wider questions of on-line anonymity.
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Music swappers in decline *
Use of several Internet file-sharing services declined by several thousand people the week after the music industry threatened to sue on-line music swappers, an Internet tracking firm said Monday.
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Napster's legacy *
We should give thanks to Napster, Kazaa, Limewire and all the other file-sharing services, past and present; they won a huge victory for consumers over the record companies.
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Napster's Shawn Fanning has Snocap-ped vision *
Far from his anarchic Napster days, file-swapping pioneer Shawn Fanning and several of his old colleagues are quietly working on a new venture called Snocap that is aimed at turning peer-to-peer networks into dollars for record companies.
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Net song swappers identities' seen as hard to track *
Identifying the alleged song swappers at the centre of the music industry's legal battle with the Internet community may be near impossible, sources say.
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New York Times hacker sought on federal warrant *
A nationally known itinerant computer hacker faces a federal arrest warrant on a sealed federal complaint in New York, a federal defender in California said Friday.
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Nycfashiongirl takes on recording industry *
Lawyers for a New York woman accused of unlawfully sharing music over the Internet suggested Tuesday the recording industry acted illegally when it investigated her on-line activities and that a search of music files on her computer may have been unconstitutional
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One third of all CDs sold are pirated *
Production of pirated recordings of music increased by 14 per cent last year and now account for a third of all CDs sold around the globe, an industry group reported Thursday.
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Ottawa to battle satellite TV piracy *
The federal government is poised to attempt to increase the fines for stealing satellite television signals, although even Liberal MPs aren't confident the bill will become law.
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Piracy? Judge rejects subpoenas in music-use case *
A federal judge rejected an attempt by the recording industry to uncover the names of Boston College and MIT students suspected of online music piracy.
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Pirated disk sellers cross thin blue line *
Chinese police raid pirated CDs and DVDs -- after years of lax activity, authorities in China begin to crack down on pirates.
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Police raid doubles Swedish download site's popularity *
The Pirate Bay, one of the world's most popular websites for illegal downloading of movies, has doubled its number of visitors after Swedish police shut down the site for three days.
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Push to change piracy laws is unwise *
Not only are Canadian music file-sharers terrified -- so is the Canadian recording industry, which went to court on Monday seeking to force 29 digital music "uploaders" to face the legal music.
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Record industry to target uploaders *
Large-scale file swappers may face litigation, but downloading for personal use not CRIA's main concern.
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Recording Industry Sues 532 Over Swapping *
The recording industry sued 532 people Tuesday, including scores of individuals using computer networks at 21 universities, claiming they were illegally sharing digital music files over the Internet.
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Recording industry sues StreamCast *
The recording industry is suing the company behind the Morpheus music file-sharing service, alleging it illegally copied thousands of copyright songs as part of a venture to broadcast music over the Internet.
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Sweden considers P2P (peer-to-peer) fee *
Sweden could introduce a charge on all broadband subscriptions to compensate music and film companies for the downloading of their work, while legalizing the downloading of copyright-protected material, justice minister Thomas Bodström has said.
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Symantec adds product activation *
Security software and service company Symantec has added a controversial type of antipiracy technology to the new version of its main virus-zapping program.
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Talking Pictures: Bring Me the Head of Famous Players! *
John Keyes points a finger at the Real Culprits in today's Low Box Office Scores; he thinks a lack of respect for the audience is why movie-going is at an all-time low.
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Tech firms band together on ID theft *
Some of the biggest names in e-commerce, including Amazon.com, eBay and Microsoft, have formed a coalition to curb on-line identity theft. In an announcement Tuesday, an educational plan of attack was outlined to combat this growing public concern.
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Techie alert: Even you can be hacked *
Huge bills can result from on-line breach -- Internet attacks can hit your pocketbook.
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Teen charged in worm attack says case is inflated *
A high school senior charged with modifying a version of the Internet worm that crippled computer networks worldwide said the government has exaggerated its case against him, and disputed media coverage that portrayed him as a computer-savvy loner.
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Teen denies charges in Blaster case *
A U.S. high school senior denies a federal charge alleging he crippled more than 7,000 computers by modifying a version of the "Blaster" worm.
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U.S. court blocks record industry move *
The recording industry can't force Internet providers to identify music downloaders, a federal appeals court said Friday in a major setback to the industry's anti-piracy campaign.
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Verizon turns over names in piracy case *
Verizon Communications Inc. reluctantly surrendered to the music industry on Thursday the names of four Internet subscribers suspected of illegally offering free song downloads, but vowed to keep fighting the law that forced its hand.
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Web virus writers, senders rarely jailed *
Although nearly 63,000 viruses have rolled through the Internet, causing an estimated $65-billion (U.S.) in damage, criminal prosecutions have been few, penalties light and just a handful of people have gone to prison for spreading the destructive bugs
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What price an identity? *
Identity theft cost U.S. consumers and businesses $53-billion last year, the Federal Trade Commission says in the most comprehensive government study of the increasing problem.
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Will DVD acquittal mean tougher copyright laws? *
The acquittal of a Norwegian programmer charged with breaking Hollywood's DVD encryption scheme could lend new urgency to the entertainment industry's efforts to enact tougher global copyright laws.
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Wireless Internet inspires signal theft *
Although we were delighted to find that our Paris hotel last year was a wireless hot-spot, we've long suspected that wireless was not the answer to our globe-trotting prayers. It seems that our worries were well-founded.
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Wireless set to battle cable, phone firms *
While cable and telephone companies battle in the trenches in a ground war for broadband subscribers, a new set of rivals is launching a stealth attack from the air.
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Beatles' company sues over trademark *
The Beatles want to take another bite out of Apple Computer Inc.
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Fight The Patent *
If you own a website that offers any audio/video downloads, you could be sued...
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Hockey theme ready for download *
A recording of the opening and closing theme for Hockey Night in Canada, billed by some as the country's second national anthem, could finally be bought yesterday, decades after it was originally played on air.
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Networks keen to offer TV shows on-line *
Networks are tripping over each other in the rush to offer everything from individual programs to season subscriptions -- online. Web viewers can even watch some shows for free -- with advertising, of course.
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New DVD format approved *
Toshiba Corp. and NEC Corp. said Friday that the DVD Forum, an international association of electronics makers and movie studios, has approved the two Japanese companies' standard for next-generation DVDs.
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Pirates steal NEC's identity *
NEC Corp. has been the victim of a large-scale piracy ring that sold both counterfeit NEC goods as well as NEC-branded products that the company does not even manufacture, it acknowledged on Friday.
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Retailers begin slashing prices for CDs *
Action allied with Universal move hits at downloading...
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Talks begin on Internet regulation *
International negotiations have begun on how and whether to manage the Internet, along with associated problems such as junk e-mail and pornography.
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