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  • Nintendo rocks!

    And now for something completely different: The Minibosses, a band that plays nothing but tunes from old video games.
    By Verne Becker April 21, 2004

  • The mouse who would be king

    Disney's ever-expanding copyright powers are threatening to squash everyone's cultural creativity. As two new books compellingly argue, the time is ripe for more anarchy, and fewer lawyers.
    By Farhad Manjoo April 8, 2004

  • Voting machine showdown

    A leading maker of computer election equipment defends itself in court against charges that it overreached itself in trying to stifle critics.
    By Farhad Manjoo February 10, 2004

  • Is the war on file sharing over?

    The music biz is declaring success, citing lawsuits and Apple's iTunes. But to music fans who recall the glory days of Napster, the fight goes on.
    By Farhad Manjoo January 15, 2004

  • The enigma of Earth Station 5

    Can a file-trading network that promises total anonymity and is based in the Palestinian Territories escape the wrath of the entertainment industry?
    By Mathew Honan December 3, 2003

  • Send lawyers, guns and money

    CD sales have rebounded ever since the music biz started suing file-sharers. The industry is convinced there's a connection.
    By Eric Boehlert November 6, 2003

  • Hollywood to the computer industry: We don't need no stinking Napsters!

    Fearful of piracy, the studios want the federal government to legislate how computers are made. Critics say such interference signals the end of the line for digital innovation.
    By Farhad Manjoo October 27, 2003

  • File sharing must be made legal

    Suing 12-year-olds and grandmothers isn't the answer. There's got to be a better way.
    By Jason Schultz September 12, 2003

  • Copying isn't cool

    File sharing isn't just a problem for the music industry. It's a threat to anyone who depends upon intellectual property for a living.
    By Scott Matthews September 12, 2003

  • We don't need your stinkin' amnesty!

    File sharers scoff at the recording industry's offer of forgiveness for repentant downloaders.
    By Farhad Manjoo September 9, 2003

  • Fear, uncertainty and Linux

    SCO claims IBM and Linux have ripped off its old program code. Linux advocates say that's bunk. Nothing will become clear until SCO shows its hand in court.
    By Farhad Manjoo August 18, 2003

  • Prowling the ruins of ancient software

    Famous programs from just a generation or two ago are in danger of disappearing from human ken, forever.
    By Sam Williams July 30, 2003

  • Can anyone stop the music cops?

    As Hollywood wins one court case after another, one Republican senator is suggesting that maybe it's time for some new laws -- that protect consumers instead of entertainment companies.
    By Farhad Manjoo June 17, 2003

  • Mexico's music business meltdown

    Pirates armed with CD burners and cheap discs are bringing the industry to its knees. The U.S. could be next.
    By Jack Brown June 9, 2003

  • I have seen the future of music and its name is iTunes

    Apple's new online music-buying system is everything Napster promised to be -- cheap, easy and, best of all, legal.
    By Farhad Manjoo April 29, 2003

  • The Napster backlash

    When Savenapster.com founder Chad Paulson decided that the file-trading pioneer cared more about money than artists, he stunned the company by changing sides. An excerpt from "All the Rave."
    By Joseph Menn April 21, 2003

  • A file-trading ship of fools

    Don't scapegoat greedy record execs for Napster's failure, says Joseph Menn in "All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster." The inept bunglers who ran the company have only themselves to blame.
    By Farhad Manjoo April 21, 2003

  • The copyright cops strike again

    Two researchers at a computer security conference are served cease-and-desist orders moments before they're scheduled to speak.
    By Farhad Manjoo April 15, 2003

  • Are we doomed yet?

    The computer-networked, digital world poses enormous threats to humanity that no government, no matter how totalitarian, can stop. A fully open society is our best chance for survival.
    By Sheldon Pacotti March 31, 2003

  • AOL's Jekyll and Hyde act

    The world's biggest Internet provider is also the world's biggest media company. As the entertainment industry prosecutes users who share music, will AOL take a stand?
    By Farhad Manjoo February 10, 2003

  • Embrace file-sharing, or die

    A record executive and his son make a formal case for freely downloading music. The gist: 50 million Americans can't be wrong.
    By John Snyder and Ben Snyder February 1, 2003

  • After the copyright smackdown: What next?

    Don't despair at the Supreme Court's gift to Disney, says one expert. The fight has really only just begun.
    By Siva Vaidhyanathan January 17, 2003

  • Hollywood and Silicon Valley: Together at last?

    A new industry agreement on digital copyright issues says the government should stay out of enforcement. But it's a little late for that, says one expert.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski January 15, 2003

  • Radio Free Software

    Call them hackers of the last computing frontier: The GNU Radio coders believe that any device with a chip should be able to do, well, anything.
    By Sam Williams December 18, 2002

  • Replay it again, Sam

    Personal video recorders already have Hollywood running scared. Now Microsoft is pushing a new computer that will make trading TV shows as easy as using ... Napster.
    By Farhad Manjoo December 9, 2002
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