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Jon Lech Johansen, also known as “DVD Jon,” plans to seek compensation from the Norwegian government following his acquittal in an appellate court on charges related to alleged copyright violation. Johansen is believed to have played some role in the creation of software used to break copy protection on DVDs. He has defended himself against [...]

The combined popularity of peer-to-peer file swapping services and legal downloading sites will cause the CD format to go the way of the vinyl album, according to a study by research firm Forrester.
“Piracy and its cure — streaming and downloads — will drive people to connect to entertainment, not own it,” states the study. [...]

Online music retailer, MusicRebellion.com announced today that the company will begin the second phase of its dynamic price initiative. At 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday the 28th, 300 popular tracks will be base priced at 5 cents. All remaining tracks on the site will have a base price of 30 cents. Each download will be priced [...]

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MUTE protects your privacy by avoiding direct connections with your sharing
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“Lan2P is a ZERO-CONFIG peer-to-peer file sharing system for local area computer networks.”What’s New:Semi-Rearranged GUI. Instant Messaging, Privacy Controls (User Blocking), and the “Possible-Upload-Corruption” Bug Fixed. New, more convenient “users online” list. Convenient IM and View Files buttons now on Search and Download lists.More Information and Download Links: http://www.zeropaid.com/lan2p/

Warez. Where did the word originate?  Since the start of the Internet boom, “warez” has been one of the top terms searched for on search engines.  In the early 80’s, the word “warez” became the slang term for trading software among others via online bulletin board sites, the precursor to the Internet.  In those early [...]

A mass-mailing virus quickly spread through the Internet on Monday, compromising computers so that they attack the SCO Group’s Web server with a flood of data on Feb. 1, according to antivirus companies.
The virus–known as MyDoom, Novarg and as a variant of the Mimail virus by different antivirus companies–arrives in an in-box with one [...]

If online music stores are an alternative to conventional music stores, then Audio Lunchbox is an alternative to the alternative. A newcomer in an already crowded pool, Audio Lunchbox breaks from the big-name competitors like the Apple iTunes Music Store for Windows and Napster 2.0 by offering content solely from independent labels and serving it [...]

There is an increasingly smug feeling among the big record companies and their various agents, that has been brought about by the supposed demise of music piracy. There are three related important points to establish about music piracy. Firstly it is illegal and also morally wrong to obtain copies of music or film or other [...]