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File-sharing networks go into battle
News In a sign that file-sharing communities may start to turn on each other, Altnet said Thursday that rival networks may be violating its patent for digital tags and it plans to bring to them in line. Kazaa is one of the most popular file-sharing...
[June 6, 2003, 8:31]
File-sharing programs carry Trojan horse
News A pair of popular file-sharing programs have become privacy time bombs, according to computer experts. Antivirus company Symantec last week reported the presence of "spyware" bundled with Grokster and Limewire, two popular file-swapping downloads.
[January 3, 2002, 9:37]
Virgin Media to monitor traffic for file-sharing
News Virgin Media is to monitor its customers' data packets in an effort to gauge the level of unlawful file-sharing on its networks. The company announced on Thursday that it would perform a trial of deep packet inspection technology from Detica to...
[November 26, 2009, 14:14]
Government hints at ISP file-sharing crackdown
News The UK government may crack down on ISPs over illegal file-sharing, a senior government official has suggested. Many peer-to-peer (P2P) services are available which allow users to share any kind of file, and many of those are copyrighted material.
[October 25, 2007, 12:39]
AOL pulls file-sharing software
News A day after developers at America Online's Nullsoft unit quietly released file-sharing software, AOL pulled the link to the product from the subsidiary's Web site. The software, called Waste, lets groups set up private, secure file-sharing networks.
[June 2, 2003, 9:52]
US agency wants more cash to fight file sharing
News In an extensive report released Tuesday, senior department officials endorsed a pair of controversial copyright bills strongly favoured by the entertainment industry that would criminalise "passive sharing" on file-swapping networks and permit...
[October 13, 2004, 9:30]
ISP: Wi-Fi test shows flaw in file-sharing crackdown
News To show how vulnerable people are to unauthorised file-sharing, our expert downloaded legal music files from two connections, including Barry Manilow's hit Mandy and the soundtrack from the 1992 film Peter's Friends," wrote Heaney.
[October 16, 2009, 16:37]
Apple unplugs iTunes Internet file-sharing
News Apple Computer has limited a music-sharing feature from the latest version of iTunes after some Mac owners used it to swap songs over the Internet. The new iTunes 4.0.1 update limits Rendezvous music sharing to work only between computers on a...
[May 28, 2003, 8:13]
US gov't leaks data through file sharing
News Sensitive files such as US Secret Service safehouse locations, military rosters and IRS tax returns can still be found on file-sharing networks, according to a report to a US House of Representatives committee on Wednesday.
[July 30, 2009, 15:53]
EU committee gives 'file-sharing' law go-ahead
News Such a law would force ISPs to warn, then disconnect, those customers they think have been sharing copyrighted material online. A set of telecommunications laws has been given the green light by a European parliamentary committee, which includes...
[July 8, 2008, 16:43]
EU telecoms vote prompts file-sharing fears
News This wording, argued Edwards, could be interpreted either as calling for the public to be educated about the illegality of some file-sharing, or calling for ISPs to be forced to send warning letters to, then disconnect, users who flout these rules.
[July 7, 2008, 17:12]
ISPs face renewed threat of file-sharing laws
News The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online illegal downloading and file-sharing of music and films. ISPA said it is committed to finding a "practical" solution to address intellectual rights holders...
[June 19, 2008, 8:55]
BPI wins landmark file-sharing case
News The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has won a landmark legal victor against two British citizens who distributed music over the Internet using peer-to-peer file-sharing programs, it announced on Friday.
[January 27, 2006, 16:40]
Intel hops on the file-sharing train
News For corporate use, those examples will include a distributed file-sharing application as well as distributed computing applications that can make use of spare processing power found across a network. Building on the stir caused by the peer-to-peer...
[August 9, 2000, 13:38]
ITunes file-sharing makes a comeback
News The developer of a peer-to-peer file-sharing plug-in for Apple's iTunes music application has decided to give the software a new lease on life, after it was put out of commission by Apple's lawyers earlier this month.
[January 28, 2003, 12:41]
Schneier: Steps to combat file-sharing are misguided
News Q: The UK government is currently trying to pass the Digital Economy Bill, which includes provisions to penalise unlawful file-sharing. If you look at the economics, file-sharing is good for music companies.
[December 9, 2009, 12:24]
ISPs given deadline for file-sharing crackdown
News Whitehall has told ISPs they have until April next year to crack down on file-sharing of copyrighted material. Currently ISPs bear no liability for illegal file-sharing as the content is not hosted on their servers.
[February 22, 2008, 12:57]
Napster court case throttles file sharing
News The number of people actively sharing files over the Internet using peer-to-peer systems has almost halved since Napster -- one of the most popular file-sharing services -- was taken to court. As well as the overall drop in people using peer-to...
[October 29, 2001, 14:04]
GCHQ supplier pans government file-sharing plans
News One of the main issues under contention is that monitoring file-sharing on UK networks would require some form of surveillance by ISPs — such as deep packet inspection — of traffic going over their networks.
[November 27, 2009, 7:22]
EU backs ISPs over file-sharing
News The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling, which relates to a battle between the Spanish internet service provider (ISP) Telefonica and the Spanish music rights organisation Promusicae, is a blow to a content industry that has long depicted file...
[January 30, 2008, 13:55]
