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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 Jan 17, 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 Dec 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 Dec 9, 2002
Jesse Helms: Web radio's hero: Small Internet radio broadcasters on the brink of financial disaster have won some breathing room, thanks to the senator from North Carolina.; By F. Timothy Martin Nov 19, 2002
Riding along with the Internet Bookmobile: Angered by a law that extends copyright terms for 20 years, a crusader named Brewster Kahle wants to use the Internet to make books available to everyone.; By Richard Koman Oct 9, 2002
The Ryze surprise: A fast-growing business networking site riles some members by -- gasp! -- laying claim to their intellectual property.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Oct 2, 2002
Profits from piracy: Evidence is mounting that cracking down on software copyright infringement may not be good for business. Case study: Microsoft in China.; By Sam Williams Sep 26, 2002
Hollywood's war on innovation: Yet another victory for the entertainment industry in its showdown with Silicon Valley: The firing of Sonicblue CEO Ken Potashner.; By Claire Tristram Sep 9, 2002
File sharing: Guilty as charged?: New numbers on declining music sales could mean that MP3 trading really is hurting CD sales. But that still doesn't mean we should lock up the pirates.; By Damien Cave Aug 23, 2002
Sour notes: The legal crackdown hasn't squelched MP3 trading -- it's just made it more of a pain. But the music industry would still rather fight than give its online customers what they want.; By Farhad Manjoo Jul 30, 2002
Can we trust Microsoft's Palladium?: Critics say Redmond's new security initiative will imprison users. But why would Bill Gates want to do that?; By Farhad Manjoo Jul 11, 2002
Imitation nation: Is piracy-crazed China a nightmare vision of the future, or just a developing country going through some severe growing pains?; By Lisa Movius Jul 8, 2002
The end of the revolution: "Ruling the Root" documents the sorry tale of how the Internet was brought to heel.; By Andrew Leonard Jun 14, 2002
File sharing: Innocent until proven guilty: An economist says music piracy should be hurting the recording industry, but it isn't -- and he doesn't know why.; By Damien Cave Jun 13, 2002
Not the real Slim Shady: Are the fake MP3s popping up on file-sharing networks part of the recording industry's war on piracy, or just the latest in music marketing?; By Dan Levine Jun 10, 2002
Give it away now: Music start-up FightCloud.com offers CDs free, but says it's making a profit. How can that be?; By Thomas Claburn May 23, 2002
In defense of copyright: A top intellectual property lawyer argues that the Supreme Court's decision to review the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act is plain wrong.; By Damien Cave Apr 15, 2002
U.S. prepares to invade your hard drive: A bill before Congress would mandate built-in copy-protection on all digital devices. But even technology experts who really want to protect intellectual property think it's a lousy idea.; By Paul Boutin Mar 29, 2002
Chained melodies: Copyright-holding corporations are pushing new laws and computer-crippling technologies in their war on piracy. But can anything keep geeks from copying the music and movies they crave?; By Damien Cave Mar 13, 2002
DVD pirates and hobbits in Southeast Asia: A backpacking tourist in Laos gets his hands on "The Fellowship of the Ring" just two weeks after its U.S. release.; By Jeff Radice Feb 27, 2002
Mickey Mouse vs. The People: How an antiquarian bookseller and a Nathaniel Hawthorne fan ended up before the Supreme Court.; By Damien Cave Feb 21, 2002
Losing the war on patents: Attempts to fix the intellectual property system from below are faltering. Is it time to bring in the feds?; By Damien Cave Feb 15, 2002
Don't steal music, pretty please: Record companies will make big, big money online. They just need to learn to let go.; By Paul Boutin Dec 18, 2001
Why college radio fears the DMCA: If the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is fully enforced, stations will be unable to afford to webcast their tunes.; By Mark L. Shahinian Dec 13, 2001
How the music industry blew it: John Alderman's "Sonic Boom" recounts the history of Napster -- and the unstoppable rise of file trading.; By Richard Barbrook Nov 30, 2001

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