May 24, 2002 | audio, DRM, file_sharing, law
More developments in the recording industry’s relentless war to make sure we can’t actually hear any music. Yesterday KaZaA, the Dutch software and products company which founded KaZaA.com, announced that it intends to shut down because it can’t...
May 10, 2002 | law, Microsoft
The states in the Microsoft trial screwed up in a big way yesterday. The lawyers blew it, and the states may have blown a hole in their case. The states have been insisting that Microsoft be ordered to produce a stripped-down “modular” version of Windows...
Mar 23, 2002 | DRM, file_sharing, law
If you’re following the copyright wars, you might be interested in a question-and-answer session on Slashdot with Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford law professor and one of the leaders of the fight to rein in the copyright police. And consider donating to the...
Mar 23, 2002 | DRM, file_sharing, law
Today’s news has more evidence that the entertainment industry is successfully shaping our world – by filling it with fear and intimidation. An Austin, Texas, man could face up to $100,000 in fines and a year in jail for selling ten copies of live concert...
Mar 7, 2002 | DRM, file_sharing, law
The voices are getting louder on both sides of the copyright wars. Michael Greene, the president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, delivered a lecture during the Grammys, hysterically ranting about the upcoming death of the music industry caused...
