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'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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Judge rules DVD-copying program is illegal
Talkback This is little to late, 321 may have to stop selling DVD copying products but i have come across many illegal copies of these at computer fairs. The offender has been promptly ejected and reported and it still goes on.
[March 8, 2004, 14:50]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
'Controlled' music copying okay - record industry group
Talkback But copying is "controlled" -- by the consumers, or by customers and users. Today everyone can control their own copying, and that's the way it should be. So copying isn't a problem. But copying and file sharing generally don't seem to cause much...
[July 7, 2004, 22:24]
Judge rules DVD-copying program is illegal
Talkback It all sounds fine to me. Don't back-up and when you disc becomes damaged (which will happen because they are 'not suitable for use' {too delicate}) of course the movie companies will exchange the disc for a new one.
[June 1, 2004, 11:36]
Judge rules DVD-copying program is illegal
Talkback Maybe its about time they realised that the more they attack legitimate users, the more they are going towards more acts that are deemed 'illegal'. People will still copy DVDs for their own use, because they see it as morally justifiable.
[May 17, 2004, 22:11]
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]
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]
Judge rules DVD-copying program is illegal
Talkback If as some of the US lawmaker want, they ban the production and sale of goods and tools used for making copies of your data, are they going to be held responcible for the loss of your data because they made it illegal for you to make copies of it...
[August 10, 2004, 13:22]
'Controlled' music copying okay - record industry group
Talkback The fact remains that in Australia, it is illegal to make *any* copy of the music you own. With the passage of the AUS free-trade agreement, Australia will have more restrictions than any other western nation.
[July 5, 2004, 13:41]
