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Peer-to-peer terrorism: Bad news from the Napster wars: The harder you fight against decentralized networks, the more enemies you create.; By James Grimmelmann Sep 26, 2001
End of an affair?: Hackers love their TiVos, and the company is fond of its hackers. But as in any relationship, sometimes one party goes a bit too far.; By Damien Cave Jun 20, 2001
A bug in the legal code?: David Touretzky talks about methamphetamines, DeCSS and the death of the First Amendment.; By Damien Cave Sep 13, 2000
DeCSS Down Under: A U.S. ban on the DVD-decrypting code is only egging on Australian hackers -- and an odd songwriter.; By Damien Cave Sep 1, 2000
DeCSS judge: Code isn't free speech: MPAA president Jack Valenti cheers the decision. Next stop: Appeals court.; By Damien Cave Aug 18, 2000
A hacker crackdown?: As the long arm of the law reaches Napster and its lookalikes, programmers could be held responsible for what others do with their code.; By Damien Cave Aug 7, 2000
Code on trial: Does the DVD-decrypting DeCSS do for video what Napster did for music, and can copyright law stop it?; By Damien Cave Jul 19, 2000
Does anybody care about fighting the DMCA?: A protest at Stanford against the ultra-restrictive copyright law generates little heat and sparse attendance.; By Damien Cave May 19, 2000
Can hyperlinks be outlawed?: Movie studios aim to criminalize links to DeCSS, a banned DVD-decryption program.; By Damien Cave Apr 6, 2000
DeCSS decoy: A free-software fanatic unleashes a "useless" program to foil investigators looking for the DeCSS DVD decryption code.; By Damien Cave Feb 22, 2000
Studio technician: MPAA president Jack Valenti has never downloaded an MP3, but he could have a huge impact on the future of online entertainment.; By Damien Cave Feb 14, 2000
Criminal code?: A judge's decision to ban a DVD-playing Linux program and all discussion about it outrages the free-software community.; By C. Scott Ananian Feb 9, 2000

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