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A Year Ago: The Mitnick release - Is it over?

...the things he can't do," said Eric Corley, editor of the hacker magazine 2600 and the leader of a "Free Kevin" grassroots movement. "Keep... Read more

22 January, 2001 by Kevin Poulsen

The Mitnick release: Is it over?

...the things he can't do," said Eric Corley, editor of the hacker magazine 2600 and the leader of a "Free Kevin" grassroots movement. "Keep... Read more

21 January, 2000 by Kevin Poulsen

Norway piracy case brings activists hope

The acquittal of a teen who axed copyright protections on a DVD has activists hoping views toward code crackers are changing. Current views, they say, stifle rights and research Read more

9 January, 2003 by Lisa M Bowman

UK launches 'Euro-DMCA' debate

...anti-copying technologies, including those used in DVDs. In May, the US hacker magazine 2600 lost its bid to appeal a ruling banning it from... Read more

12 August, 2002 by Matt Loney

DeCSS banned again

In another setback for free speech advocates, hacker magazine 2600 has lost its bid for an appeal of a ruling... Read more

20 May, 2002 by Lisa M Bowman

2001: In the courts

Microsoft, Intel, Orange, Rambus and even a Russian programmer made the headlines in 2001 for their court appearances Read more

26 December, 2001 by Matt Loney

Protesters declare war on copyright law

...if the reason for copying is allowed by fair use. When online hacker magazine 2600 fell foul of the law, a few more people became... Read more

31 August, 2001 by Robert Lemos

DeCSS code-crack dispute back in court

...judges will decide whether to uphold a lower court ruling preventing online hacker magazine 2600 from linking to code that theoretically could be used to... Read more

30 April, 2001 by Lisa M Bowman

US praises DeCSS non-publication decision

...lashed out at hackers and praised a lower court ruling that bans hacker magazine 2600 from publishing a code known as DeCSS. "Despite defendants' efforts... Read more

23 February, 2001 by Lisa M Bowman

Cheesed off cracker strikes again

...and copying DVD movies. The MPAA recently won a court injunction preventing hacker magazine 2600 from republishing the source code of DeCSS. The Legoland cracker... Read more

12 September, 2000 by Will Knight

Mitnick teaches 'social engineering'

...session, Eric Corley -- also known as Emmanuel Goldstein, the publisher of the hacker magazine 2600 -- called AT&T's internal security to inquire about a... Read more

18 July, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Mitnick gains friends in high places

...with "Free Kevin" and "www.kevinmitnick.com" trailing on a banner. The hacker magazine 2600 sponsored the aerial display, and hired a skywriter to scrawl... Read more

7 June, 1999 by ZDNet

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