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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
February 27, 2002
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How an antiquarian bookseller and a Nathaniel Hawthorne fan ended up before the Supreme Court.
By Damien Cave
February 21, 2002
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Attempts to fix the intellectual property system from below are faltering. Is it time to bring in the feds?
By Damien Cave
February 15, 2002
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Record companies will make big, big money online. They just need to learn to let go.
By Paul Boutin
December 18, 2001
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If the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is fully enforced, stations will be unable to afford to webcast their tunes.
By Mark L. Shahinian
December 13, 2001
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John Alderman's "Sonic Boom" recounts the history of Napster -- and the unstoppable rise of file trading.
By Richard Barbrook
November 30, 2001
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In "The Future of Ideas" Lawrence Lessig explains why ham-handed efforts to increase copyright protection are a threat to freedom and prosperity.
By Marc Rotenberg
November 7, 2001
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The Internet Wayback Machine aims to archive everything online. But will copyright laws leave nothing but junk?
By Katharine Mieszkowski
November 2, 2001
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Activist Jamie Love accuses the Bush administration of putting corporate profits above public safety.
By Anthony York
October 18, 2001
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A British medical research firm hammers its online opponents, courtesy of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
August 31, 2001
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A government report giving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act a passing grade is a disaster for the general public, say critics.
By Damien Cave
August 31, 2001
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Under today's copyright laws, you are guilty until proven innocent. I know -- it happened to me.
By Amita Guha
August 23, 2001
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A Russian programmer charged with violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act languishes in jail. It's time to step up the pressure.
By Damien Cave and Katharine Mieszkowski
August 3, 2001
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By smashing Napster, the music industry has pushed its customers to seek alternatives that won't be so easy to shut down.
By Scott Rosenberg
July 20, 2001
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The software giant is cracking down on piracy in the public education system. But the campaign could easily backfire.
By Damien Cave
July 10, 2001
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Bill Gates and Co. say open-source software harms technological innovation -- but the attack from Redmond could easily backfire.
By Andrew Leonard
May 3, 2001
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A new online music service aims to give listeners what they want -- if music-biz moguls are smart enough to let it.
By Janelle Brown
March 20, 2001
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Did the record industry's court triumph insure a future full of profits -- or seal its doom? Experts weigh in.
By Salon Technology & Business staff
February 12, 2001
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Online marketers are snooping around in your hard drive, taking notes on every MP3 file you download.
By Janelle Brown
February 9, 2001
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Trademark wars online, Part LXVIII: No more bake-offs for software developers!
By Damien Cave
January 19, 2001
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Record companies should stop worrying about security and start giving people what they really want: Music, anywhere, anytime.
By Janelle Brown
November 13, 2000
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Music consumers will benefit if Bertelsmann can convince the major record labels to conspire.
By Eric Boehlert
November 2, 2000
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It's either a sellout or a savvy survival move: The beleaguered music trading service is getting into bed with Bertelsmann.
By Damien Cave and Janelle Brown
October 31, 2000
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Never mind music or software piracy, even the realm of Christian merchandise is fraught with intellectual property violations.
By Damien Cave
October 25, 2000
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A team of researchers claims to have successfully hacked a digital music watermarking system.
By Janelle Brown
October 22, 2000
DVD pirates and hobbits in Southeast Asia
Losing the war on patents
Don't steal music, pretty please
Why college radio fears the DMCA
How the music industry blew it
Internet liberation theology
Dumpster diving on the Web
Is it time to bust the Cipro patent?
Copywrong?
Fingered by the movie cops
Free Dmitry!
Revenge of the file-sharing masses!
Microsoft to schools: Give us your lunch money!
The next Napster?
The Napster parasites
The jukebox manifesto
What would Jesus do -- about copyright?
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