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Hackers break the recording industry's vaunted music protection system.
By Janelle Brown
October 12, 2000
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Writers of erotica love giving away their steamy stories online, but watch in horror as their work is then stolen by rogue Web sites and fans.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
October 10, 2000
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Feeling guilty when you listen to that MP3? A new plug-in from the folks at Fairtunes might ease your conscience.
By Janelle Brown
October 5, 2000
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Programmers don't want to help the recording industry test its new security "solution." But the technology insiders behind the system say hackers could kill it once and for all by participating.
By Janelle Brown
October 3, 2000
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Legal experts handicap the file-trading service's courtroom chances. Their verdict? Thumbs down.
By Damien Cave
October 2, 2000
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Last year, the Net won its first legal battle against the music industry. But in doing so, it may have lost the war.
By Eric Boehlert
September 19, 2000
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Beware, record labels -- treat your bands better, or you'll get Napstered.
By Janelle Brown
September 14, 2000
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A protest at Stanford against the ultra-restrictive copyright law generates little heat and sparse attendance.
By Damien Cave
May 19, 2000
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The patent office reveals its new plan for examining "business method" patents, and, no, it says, it's not responding to industry pressure.
By Damien Cave
March 30, 2000
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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
February 14, 2000
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The Corbis digital archive is privately held by Gates, but it's former human rights attorney Steve Davis' job to make it work.
By Patrizia DiLucchio
February 7, 2000
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On the Net, fighting to hang on to every last chunk of intellectual property is a recipe for stagnation and failure.
By Scott Rosenberg
June 23, 1999
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The torrent of patents for e-commerce schemes raises new questions about an old-fashioned system.
By Peter Wayner
March 9, 1999
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Slate rejoins the Web - "Felicity" points to the Web - Blurred lines in Times' Amazon story - Tabloid sues Florida citrus growers over talking ham sandwich! - Gassie: Microsoft's full of Be-S
By Salon Tech Writers
February 8, 1999
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A new copyright law bans tools that "circumvent" copy protections. Does that make cutting and pasting illegal?
By Peter Wayner
November 20, 1998
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Netheads love the MP3 digital-music format. Why does the music industry hate it so much?
By Janelle Brown
October 28, 1998
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By Andrew Leonard
October 27, 1998
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Scott Rosenberg interviews Esther Dyson on Microsoft, intellectual property, the future of Russia -- and why she banished her telephone.
By Scott Rosenberg
December 9, 1997
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