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Huawei admits copying Cisco code
News But the Chinese manufacturer said the copying was inadvertent and involved far less code than Cisco claims. Huawei Technologies said in court papers filed this week that it used some of Cisco Systems' source code in its routers.
[March 26, 2003, 8:47]
Tech activists fight for anti-copying debate
News Enthusiasts of free software disrupted a Commerce Department meeting on Wednesday, insisting on their right to debate against the entertainment industry over anti-copying technologies. The Commerce Department organised the roundtable as a way for...
[July 18, 2002, 8:50]
New PCs restrict copying
News That strategy might make sense as Microsoft attempts to attract Hollywood movie studios with its digital rights management and anti-copying technologies. But new anti-copying technology could hamper sales, say analysts and potential buyers.
[September 4, 2002, 8:55]
US judge weighs DVD copying arguments
News The judge in a closely watched US lawsuit challenging the legality of DVD-copying software said she was "substantially persuaded" by past court rulings that favoured copyright holders, but closed a hearing on Thursday without issuing a ruling in...
[May 16, 2003, 7:47]
Studios race to choke DVD copying
News A group tasked with finding a way to block the copying says it hopes to have a fix by the end of the year. But the studios are in a race against time; DVD burners without anti-copying protections are flying off retail shelves.
[February 4, 2002, 15:25]
DVD-copying case heads for court
News The latest major clash between technology and copyright owners heads to US federal court on Thursday, where software start-up 321 Studios hopes to win a reprieve from a legal attack by film companies on its DVD-copying software.
[May 15, 2003, 8:01]
Judge rules DVD-copying program is illegal
News After eight months of deliberation, a San Francisco federal judge has ruled that software company 321 Studios' popular DVD-copying products are illegal. In a ruling released on Friday, Judge Susan Illston granted Hollywood studios' request for an...
[February 23, 2004, 7:50]
'Controlled' music copying okay - record industry group
News Australia's peak record industry group has moved to clarify its position in the heated debate over personal music copying proposals, saying that they are not opposed to "controlled" copying of music by consumers.
[July 1, 2004, 12:10]
Hollywood targets DVD-copying upstart
News The studios filed the claim in response to 321 Studios, which in April took the unusual step of asking a federal court to declare its copying products legitimate because they would allow people to make personal copies of DVDs they already own -- a...
[December 23, 2002, 8:51]
Restraints relaxed in CD anti-copying tech
News SunnComm is adding a spoonful of sugar to its anti-copying medicine. The new feature comes as record labels are placing anti-copying technology on CDs in an effort to prevent piracy. Most of the major record labels have announced plans to use some...
[April 16, 2002, 12:17]
Game-copying software under fire
News A group of major video game companies has sued 321 Studios -- the company best known for its now-banned DVD-copying software -- charging that its new video-game copying software is also illegal. The software company has been the subject of repeated...
[June 16, 2004, 9:35]
Maplin drops copying devices
News Maplin said it would destroy its entire stock of "video enhancers", devices used in tape-to-tape, broadcast-to-tape or tape-to-PC copying. Maplin Electronics, a retailer with 80 shops across the UK, has moved to discontinue the sale of three...
[February 9, 2004, 13:05]
Australia may permit 'personal' music copying
News Music business analyst Phil Tripp has lauded the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties' recommendations on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the US, which support the copying of purchased music for personal use.
[June 25, 2004, 10:20]
Microsoft reaches massive settlement over software copying
News Microsoft has claimed an important victory in its battle against software "piracy", after securing a multi-million dollar settlement against one of its own, trusted disc "replicators" which had produced 20,000 unauthorised copies of Microsoft...
[December 19, 2006, 12:51]
Can Bertelsmann stop CD copying?
News BMG Entertainment, the major record company owned by German media giant Bertelsmann, said it will begin this month to protect promotional releases of its CDs against copying. The move does not signal a companywide decision to place anti-copying...
[April 9, 2002, 8:45]
CD copying war heats up
News Mon 25 Mar: Microsoft researchers jump into the tussle between Hollywood and hardware makers over anti-copying protection, saying software alone isn't enough to lock out pirates Wed 6 Mar: In the next stage of the battle to prevent illegal CD...
[April 10, 2002, 11:55]
Small victory for studios in DVD-copying case
News The US Supreme Court has granted Hollywood studios and electronics makers a temporary victory by stepping into a long-running dispute over software that can be used to copy DVDs. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor last week placed a ruling by the...
[January 3, 2003, 8:24]
PowerQuest ships drive copying tool
News The firm claims its DriveCopy (£25 + VAT) takes the heartache out of switching to a new drive even if the drive has multiple partitions. UK distributor POW! can be contacted by telephone on 01202-716726.
[April 14, 1997, 10:16]
ECTS: Copying CDs just got harder
News Californian firm, Macrovision, Friday announced its SafeDisc anti-piracy solution for CD-ROMs that, says UK managing director David Simmons, "has yet to be broken. SafeDisc is a software solution that requires no changes to either PC or CD-ROM...
[September 7, 1998, 10:34]
Copying accusations fly in Chinese chip tussle
News Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's top contract chip manufacturer, has disclosed new evidence as part of its suit against China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) for alleged corporate espionage.
[March 25, 2004, 9:15]
