THE Recording and Motion Picture Industries have sent letters, ‘informing’, 40 different Universitites, within 25 states, of the alleged file-trading going on between students on the schools’ Local Area Networks (LANs) and the possible consequences of such activity. Unlike the typical monthly rounds of RIAA lawsuits against P2P users for the alleged, “copying and re-distributing [...]

One of the coolest features about Azureus is the fact that has so many plugins available as compared to other BitTorrent software for one to download and use. Being that there are so many, and that obviously those just getting started may rightly be intimidated by the prospect, I have taken the time to go [...]

The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) has been attempting to turn Canada into an America, where they could get any legislation passed they wish, sue Canadians for filesharing and dictate Internet technology the way the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has (and contiues to do) in the United States. In response to this, and [...]

A hotly contested Democratic bid to enshrine extensive Net neutrality regulations in the law books failed Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives. By a 34-22 vote, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee rejected a Democratic-backed Net neutrality amendment that also enjoyed support from Internet and software companies including Microsoft, Amazon.com and Google.

The French president, Jacques Chirac, yesterday unveiled what he hopes will be his great legacy to France’s struggle against the global dominance of the US: a series of technological projects including a European search engine to rival Google. Mr Chirac, who walked out of an EU summit last month when a fellow Frenchman committed the [...]

I like to use this column to write about some newsworthy happening or disturbing trend. It lets me write to a captive audience about things that move me. Today, I deviate from the standard format. Today, I need to vent my frustrations about the Limewire team’s choice of Java as a programming language. I’ll begin [...]

Senator Diane Feinstein (D), California, will be running for re-election in the fall of this year. Her win should be considered a threat to P2P users, as well as anyone wishing to protect privacy rights and online first ammendment rights. The Democratic Senator commented on P2P Technology after the Hollywood victory in MGM vs. Grokster [...]

While the effectiveness of lawsuits against American consumers has been long and thoroughly debated without definitive end, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) has announced a continued campaign regardless. It has been reported today that the RIAA has filed 235 more lawsuits against alleged copyright infringers. Full Story: http://slyck.com/news.php?story=1158

In this era of easy ad skipping with TiVo-like video recorders, could television viewers one day be forced to watch commercials with a system that prevents channel switching? Yes, according to Royal Philips Electronics. A patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says researchers of the Netherland-based consumer electronics company have created a [...]

According to itnews.com a court ruling today demands defendants Microsoft and Autodesk to pay a total of $133 million to programmer, David Colvin, founder of z4 Technologies. The suit was over Microsoft and Autodesk using patent-protected anti-piracy technologies on their software. “While we are disappointed with this verdict, we continue to contend that there was [...]

For those unfamiliar with basic BitTorrent terminology, i.e. upload, torrent, etc., a guide can be found here at Zeropaid to assist you, as can a beginner’s guide to getting started with Azureus, the BitTorrent client server we will be using. Now a good friend of mine was trying to figure out how to put his [...]

Disagreements aren’t what you’d call an endangered species in most tech circles. In one realm however, it seems that everyone is more or less in accord: End-User License Agreements (or EULAs) are out of control. They’re too long, too hard to read, and to the average Joe, about as relevant to everyday life as Homer’s [...]

In a recent article posted on Real Tech News, the MPAA and RIAA have stated in a 54-page DMCA review that the copying of one’s legally purchased CD is illegal, as well as the ‘ripping’ of a CD to an MP3 Player. The Industry’s DMCA review leaves absolutely no room for fair use. As we [...]

Bill Gates may not be entirely dismayed by software thieves. They seed the world market and make Microsoft a standard. Microsoft Corp. estimates it lost about $14 billion last year to software piracy — and those may prove to be the most lucrative sales never made. Although the world’s largest software maker spends millions of [...]

A South Korean company developed a coin-size laser video projector module that can fit into portable gadgets such as mobile phones and digital cameras. Iljin Display Thursday demonstrated various prototypes of mini-size projectors, which use its Single LCD Panel technology. Using the technology, users can project photos and video images on the wall from the [...]

It appears that Cell phones have now taken another giant leap to act more as PC’s by introducing Peer-To-Peer file sharing. Nareos has developed a P2P application called PeerBox which enables users to download files on their mobile devices while sharing with others. This brand however of Peer-to-Peer networking promises not to be as controversial [...]

The explosive idea of forcing Internet providers to record their customers’ online activities for future police access is gaining ground in state capitols and in Washington, D.C. Top Bush administration officials have endorsed the concept, and some members of the U.S. Congress have said federal legislation is needed to aid law enforcement investigations into child [...]

According to an article over at The Inquirer, the National Copyright Administration of China is now requiring that all new PC’s purchased, must have a pre-installed operating system. However, the NCA promises this will not affect pricing of new machines. Since Windows operating systems would obviously raise the price, it would mean the pre-installed software [...]

Mozilla Corp. on Wednesday launched the first set of Firefox video commercials created by diehard fans of the open-source Web browser. Part of the Firefox Flicks marketing campaign, the ads can be viewed online or downloaded for sharing with others. Links are also provided for embedding in Web pages or blogs. The campaign includes a [...]

A straightforward explanation about what DRM is and why it would be uncool if your stove didn’t let you cook food from copied recipes. Goes into how old school copy protection used to work and why DRM is going to make copying stuff a whole lot harder.