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ISPs, rights groups react to gov't P2P proposals
News ISPs, experts and digital rights groups reacted swiftly on Tuesday to government proposals that would see illegal file-sharers disconnected from their internet service. That could prompt a human rights case, he said, but added that "whether it...
[August 25, 2009, 15:18]
Rights groups call for ID tracking laws
News In the wake of Microsoft Corp.s decision to revamp its Windows registration process to prevent users' personal information from being transmitted without their consent, Internet and privacy watchdog groups are calling for legislation to protect...
[March 9, 1999, 9:46]
Rights group attacks 'database state'
Blog Government information policy is "out of control", according to digital civil liberties organisation the Open Rights Group (ORG). Following the release on Monday of a report by the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) entitled...
[March 23, 2009, 15:46]
TechNet Webcast: Rights Management Services in Windows Server 2008 (Level 400)
White Papers Information Rights Management (IRM) is a growing concern for all sorts of organizations. The presenter first looks at the new features of Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), in addition to the previous version of RMS and the two...
[December 23, 2008, 0:00]
TechNet Webcast: Prepare Yourself for Windows Server 2008 (Part 8 of 8): Rights Management Services (Level 400)
White Papers Information Rights Management (IRM) is a growing concern for all sorts of organizations, and it outlines common IRM needs and scenarios in this webcast. The webcast first look at the new features of Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD...
[January 8, 2008, 0:01]
Civil rights group slams Cyber Patrol tactics
News The civil-rights group's charges stem not from the Mattel lawsuit accusing two international hackers of violating the copyright agreement of its Cyber Patrol software, but with the tactics of Mattel's lawyers in pursuing a temporary restraining...
[March 27, 2000, 9:41]
Your Rights
Downloads Your Rights provides effective and useful guidance in a user-friendly question and answer format. The application addresses what rights you have when you are stopped, questioned, arrested, or searched by law enforcement officers.
[September 7, 2009, 12:16]
Windows Rights Management Services: A Technical Overview - Level 200
White Papers Get a technical overview of the components and features of Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003 and learn the solutions they offer. Join this webcast for product demonstrations, information on platform requirements and...
[October 2, 2004, 0:00]
Novell claims SCO's Unix rights are limited
News Novell is seeking to undermine the SCO Group's legal claim against IBM with evidence that allegedly shows SCO purchased limited rights to the Unix operating system. It is SCO's strongly held legal position that Novell has no rights to step in and...
[February 12, 2004, 13:25]
Digital rights group hits support milestone
News A thousand people have backed the Open Rights Group, a recently formed collective of digital rights campaigners, which may be a sign of growing public concern about the improper use of data. The Open Rights Group announced on Thursday that it has...
[November 29, 2005, 17:05]
RIPA and Human Rights Act conflict
News The government's controversial RIP Act violates the right to privacy within the workplace under the new Human Rights Act, according to legal experts Tuesday. Businesses monitoring their employees' email and Internet usage could be infringing the...
[October 3, 2000, 12:49]
Microsoft in Flickr rights shockr
Blog We have since taken steps to obtain the rights to use every image to be featured in the subsequent stages of the Iconic Britain competition. Yep, that means they still don't have the rights. It is always very important to Microsoft that we respect...
[August 12, 2008, 13:49]
Rights Management Service and Exchange 2003 (Part 2)
White Papers Rights Management Service (RMS) is not integrated with Exchange so one doesn't need to have Exchange to use RMS. The user can use RMS with any RMS aware application but RMS does require Active Directory.
[October 20, 2006, 1:00]
CenterSpan wins rights to Scour technology
News CenterSpan Communications won the rights to defunct Scour's file-swapping technology in a bankruptcy auction Tuesday, planting the seeds of a potential competitor to Napster's new music service. The rights to Scour's technology and much of its...
[December 13, 2000, 10:52]
IDENTITY RIGHTS
Talkback However, my 'creators rights' should mean that my name accompanies each and every re-publishing and that I can, if I so choose to do so, request that the writings by me, be removed. Thanks Matt, Where I'm going with this angle is that what you or I...
[December 16, 2007, 4:46]
Google stands up for gay rights
Blog Here's an interesting blog post from Google's Sergey Brin, in which he announces a company stand on the issue of gay rights in California. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental...
[September 29, 2008, 11:29]
Gates: Restricting IP rights is tantamount to communism
Talkback Gates is precisely correct: communism operates by the abolition of property rights. Communism operates by the state control of property rights. It explicitly does NOT abolish property rights. Intellectual property is where the state confers the...
[January 10, 2005, 14:02]
Microsoft expands XP rights through Windows 7
News Downgrade rights have long been a part of the Windows licence for certain versions, particularly for businesses. Microsoft is expanding that Vista downgrade-rights programme slightly, the company confirmed on Monday.
[April 7, 2009, 12:57]
Digital spying under scrutiny - threat to human rights
News Spying on electronic communications by international agencies should be seen as a breach of human rights according to a five page proposal being considered by the European Parliament. According to reports, the proposal suggests that treaties and...
[April 13, 2000, 12:03]
Gates: Restricting IP rights is tantamount to communism
Talkback The purpose of intellectual property rights is to prevent someone from deriving an unearned benefit, at the expense of someone who has earned it. A copycat cannot, under a system defending rights, come along an replicate this.
[January 13, 2005, 8:13]
