Microsoft Debuts CD Copy-Protection Software

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Copy Protection software Starforce
causing gamers headaches

Copy Protection software Starforce
causing gamers headaches 07/12/2004 10:47 PM

Imagine you go out buy a Game install it play it several months and then remove it from your computer you would expect the game to clean up after itself. Apparently Starforce copy protection is embedded in some games and installs itself onto Gamers hard-drives and when the games are removed the Starforce code remains. This has led to performance issues and being these gaming companies assume every consumer is a criminal. They have decided invading these peoples computers is a good for business. If I wanted to copy a game I would just go on the net and download the cracked version. Gaming companies need to start treating their customers like customers instead of criminals. [Techdirt]

I recommend you read the article on Broadband Reports they have links to clean up tools.

Microsoft Unveils New Copy Protection

Microsoft Unveils New Copy Protection 05/03/2004 05:18 AM
Continuing efforts by the content industry to make sure people can do less with content than they could before, Microsoft is releasing new copy protection technology today. It still amazes me that an entire industry could be so focused on preventing people from doing what they want. In other news - just not reported yet - it's likely that plenty of people have already figured out how to break Microsoft's new copy protection scheme.

Allied Vaughn Now Offering HexaLock
CD-ROM Copy Protection Software
Solutions to Their Publisher Customers

Allied Vaughn Now Offering HexaLock
CD-ROM Copy Protection Software
Solutions to Their Publisher Customers 05/31/2004 01:45 PM
Hexalock, Ltd., a leader in CD copy protection technology and digital rights management solutions announced today that, Allied Vaughn, a leading provider of full turnkey media solutions, has become an Authorized Replicator of HexaLock CD-ROM Copy Protection technology. [PRWEB May 27, 2004]

Microsoft, Macrovision align on copy
protection

Microsoft, Macrovision align on copy
protection 02/01/2005 09:57 PM
Microsoft and copy-protection company Macrovision have struck a deal that will add a new layer of anticopying defenses to video content being swapped between home devices. The two companies said that Microsoft had licensed Macrovision's technology, which aims to stop people from making copies using analog connections between devices, such as those that typically link a set-top box to a television. The deal could make it harder for consumers to make permanent copies of TV shows and movies without permission, if they use computers running the Windows operating system. It should also help convince movie studios and other content producers to release their products in new ways online, the companies said. "We think that long term, the studios will offer more interesting products over the Internet using this technology," said Brad Brunell, Microsoft's general manager of intellectual-property licensing.

Microsoft Talking To The Recording
Industry About Copy Protection

Microsoft Talking To The Recording
Industry About Copy Protection 09/17/2004 02:31 PM
It looks like Cory Doctorow's talk to Microsoft about why copy protection is bad for everyone -- including the recording industry, customers, and Microsoft itself -- didn't have much of an impact. Microsoft is now in talks with the recording industry about how to build copy protection into their next generation operating system to make sure you can't actually do what you want with the music you buy. Of course, this is likely to be an expensive waste of time that will only annoy legitimate buyers by causing problems. The people who really want to copy music will figure out workarounds. The large counterfeiters will already have big workarounds, so it won't impact their business at all. The only people impacted will be people who want to do perfectly legitimate things with the music they bought, but find out they're blocked because Microsoft and the recording industry doesn't trust them.

Microsoft, Apple, Record Labels in
Copy-Protection Collusion

Microsoft, Apple, Record Labels in
Copy-Protection Collusion 09/18/2004 11:28 AM
Insanely Great Mac Sep 18 2004 2:20PM GMT

Microsoft debuts security software

Microsoft debuts security software 05/25/2004 08:43 AM
Cyber India Online May 25 2004 1:39PM GMT

Microsoft Debuts New Copyright Software

Microsoft Debuts New Copyright Software 05/03/2004 11:02 AM
Miami Herald May 3 2004 3:33PM GMT

Microsoft Debuts New Version of DRM
Software (NewsFactor)

Microsoft Debuts New Version of DRM
Software (NewsFactor) 05/04/2004 05:01 PM
NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has rolled out a new version of its Windows Media digital rights management (DRM) software. Early adopters of the platform are a veritable who's who in the entertainment and online media world, including America Online, Disney, CinemaNow, MovieLink, MusicNow, Napster and VirginMega France.

Microsoft Data Protection Software Beta

Microsoft Data Protection Software Beta 04/16/2005 05:47 AM
Boost Marketing Apr 16 2005 10:15AM GMT

Microsoft To Release Document Protection
Software

Microsoft To Release Document Protection
Software 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
Microsoft is set to release new security software designed to provide a higher degree of confidentiality for documents and other data stored on enterprise computers. Called Windows Rights Management Services (RMS), the software will work with Windows Server 2003.

Microsoft parleys with software
developers on website protection

Microsoft parleys with software
developers on website protection 06/22/2004 11:38 PM
Nigeria Guardian Jun 23 2004 4:24AM GMT

Now Books Can Have Copy Protection Too

Now Books Can Have Copy Protection Too 12/10/2003 03:27 AM
While the publishing industry has always had an uneasy relationship with the photocopier, they've pretty much accepted the fact that you simply can't copy protect printed materials. That may be changing. Ricoh has announced that they've created a copier that will block the copying of confidential documents. The way it works is that when the original documents are printed, they need to include special, barely visible dots, which can be understood by the copier as copy protection. But, only on that copier. How far do you think this idea is going to go? Here's a copier that actually offers less functionality and requires people to do something extra when printing out documents, while making sure that the only copiers around are equipped with this special anti-copying technology. Otherwise, the person who tries to copy a document and can't will simply walk down the hall (or down the street to a Kinko's) and copy it somewhere else. This is like putting weak copy protection on a CD and then saying "well, the copy protection only works if you use these special CD players."

Longhorn's Copy Protection Standard

Longhorn's Copy Protection Standard 09/16/2004 03:14 PM

Copy Protection on the Velvet Revolver
CD? Ya Right!

Copy Protection on the Velvet Revolver
CD? Ya Right! 06/29/2004 01:00 AM

Seems some folks at Engadget bought the CD and had no troubles making MP3's on various components and operating systems. Good review for those of you that actually still but CD's [Engadget]

Copy Protection At The Apple Store

Copy Protection At The Apple Store 03/30/2005 12:56 AM

By David Pogue, New York Times

One More Reason Why Copy Protection
Isn't The Issue

One More Reason Why Copy Protection
Isn't The Issue 04/07/2005 12:55 PM
A recurring theme over the past month or so as many folks seem to be bringing back the "content is king" meme, is that all of these broadcast content creation companies are completely missing the point. On both the inter net and on mobile phones, people are using them to communicate, not to passively consume content. The Guardian is now running an article from someone who just recognized this. He has a TV, so he doesn't really want more TV content via his internet connection. He wants to be able to c ommunicate with friends and family -- which means creating his own content and sharing other content. This is the main reason why all of these attempts at copy protection and locking up content behind walls is misguided online. All it does is make the content that much less valuable, because it can't be discussed and it can't be shared. Trying to copy protect content is thinking about how to make the internet act more like a TV -- but we already have TVs. The internet and mobile phones are about communicating and user generated content. Copy protection doesn't help anyone communicate -- it just makes it more difficult.

Sony to try new copy protection scheme

Sony to try new copy protection scheme 11/11/2003 03:21 PM
Sony will be trying out a new copy protection scheme in Germany. The multisession CDs will contain DRM-enabled music files which can be easily copied to a PC

iTunes copy protection cracked on the
Web

iTunes copy protection cracked on the
Web 12/02/2003 12:17 AM

A well-known programmer has released an application to the Web, which allows users to defeat the anti-copying measures underpinning Apple's iTunes downloading service .

The application, QTFairUse, removes the digital rights management ( DRM ) layer from the target sound file, using a QuickTime stream, leaving the music untouched and capable of infinite copying.

Based on the name and Web commentary, the goal of the hack is to promote the creator's notion of fair use . Some suspect a Windows iTunes version is on the way .

Misleading With Statistics On Copy
Protection

Misleading With Statistics On Copy
Protection 03/19/2005 03:18 AM
This one is just bizarre. In a recent study, about copy protection, a research firm is claiming that "consumers are not overwhelmingly antagonistic" towards copy protection. Even if this was true, it wouldn't prove that copy protection is good for business. Consumers may simply be ignorant about copy protection and what it means for them and for future offerings. However, the real issue is that the actual stats don't seem to support the conclusion at all. The study compared how many people would buy a "copy once" CD at a lower price, and found that 33% of those who don't rip CDs would buy the cheaper copy protected CD. That means 67% of those who don't copy CDs wouldn't buy a copy protected CD even if it were noticeably cheaper. That is, even though it provides no direct benefit to them (they don't rip, so why should they care), they still won't buy it. That certainly makes it sound like users are quite antagonistic to copy protection. Even those who it won't directly impact don't want it at a cheaper price. How can anyone claim this means users aren't antagonistic to the idea with a straight face when the data clearly shows the opposite?

Hit CD with copy protection may signal
fan acceptance

Hit CD with copy protection may signal
fan acceptance 06/23/2004 08:43 PM
San Jose Mercury News Jun 24 2004 0:16AM GMT

Apple, iPod, and CD Copy Protection

Apple, iPod, and CD Copy Protection 07/20/2004 12:45 PM
CNet reports that two of the major companies responsible for Audio-CD based copy protection methods are approaching Apple to make their CDs compatible...

Sony's New Nagging Copy Protection

Sony's New Nagging Copy Protection 06/17/2005 03:38 PM
Slashdot Jun 17 2005 8:03PM GMT

Notes and Tips: CD Copy Protection

Notes and Tips: CD Copy Protection 01/27/2004 11:30 AM
Chris Sansom shared his experience with one of the non-standard, copy-prevented CDs that are becoming more common.

Game Copy Protection: It's 1994 All Over
Again

Game Copy Protection: It's 1994 All Over
Again 04/09/2004 04:09 PM
Caught in the middle are regular, run of the mill consumers. By Peter Cohen, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

CD Copy Protection Case Goes to Court

CD Copy Protection Case Goes to Court 01/05/2004 08:35 AM

Building the AACS Next-Gen Copy
Protection Scheme

Building the AACS Next-Gen Copy
Protection Scheme 01/04/2005 03:26 PM

EMI admits CD copy protection
compatibility problems

EMI admits CD copy protection
compatibility problems 02/13/2004 09:18 AM
Fix coming in April

Nokia Says Its N-Gage Copy Protection
Hacked

Nokia Says Its N-Gage Copy Protection
Hacked 11/13/2003 06:30 AM

Suing The Music Industry For Copy
Protection

Suing The Music Industry For Copy
Protection 01/05/2004 04:55 AM
A Belgian consumer watchdog group, Test-Achats, is now suing some of the big record labels for installing copy protection on their CDs. The article is a little unclear on what legal basis they seem to be suing - but it sounds like it's one of two things (or possibly both): (1) the CDs are not clearly labeled and don't play on certain equipment, meaning that they're defective or (2) by adding copy protection, the CD takes away the rights of users to make personal copies. While I do think copy protection is a costly and pointless tool used by the recording industry, I'm not sure there's much of a case here (other than - perhaps - on the labeling issue). I don't think there's any legal reason why the industry should be prevented from putting copy protection on their CDs. I just think it's a bad business decision that will add to the cost while making the product worse for consumers. However, if the industry wants to shoot itself in the foot, that's completely up to them. Update: In related news, a consortium of big name players in the tech world are trying to come up with a new copy protection scheme that they say will work. It's designed to allow for limited copying and sharing, while also taking into account the fact that most people want their content to be portable. Of course, like every other content protection scheme it will be broken very quickly - and thus, will only inconvenience legitimate users.

incorporate copy protection technology
in their boxes

incorporate copy protection technology
in their boxes 09/11/2004 09:02 AM
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Sony Music Testing New Copy Protection

Sony Music Testing New Copy Protection 11/11/2003 08:13 AM
RandyOo writes "According to this Reuters article, Sony Music is about to start testing a new type of 'copy protection' in Germany. It looks like they'll be ...

Year in review: Copy protection goes
mainstream

Year in review: Copy protection goes
mainstream 01/03/2004 03:37 AM
Hackers and critics kept up their opposition, but consumers and businesses began accepting digital rights management.

Philips, HP copy-protection ready for
new FCC rules

Philips, HP copy-protection ready for
new FCC rules 01/05/2005 04:37 PM
LAS VEGAS - Philips Electronics and Hewlett-Packard have developed a Plus-format DVD copy-protection system that allows the recording of digital TV broadcasts under the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) broadcast-flag regulation that takes effect in July, the companies announced Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Products that include the new technology will be available soon.

Music Labels To Use New Copy Protection
To Prevent CD Burning

Music Labels To Use New Copy Protection
To Prevent CD Burning 06/02/2004 10:10 AM
As if anyone didn't see this one coming... The various music labels are now experimenting with new copy protection technology on (what they'd still like to call) CDs that would limit the number of times you could burn a copy of the CD. Basically, they'll now be spending more money (which will be passed on to consumers) to make sure the product you buy does less. Doesn't seem like the greatest of business strategies, but the industry isn't known for its longterm thinking. In the meantime, it will take less than a day for the real counterfeiters to get around this technology, and the only people who will actually be inconvenienced are people trying to burn a copy for fair use, who will suddenly find they can't do what is perfectly legal to do.

Mobile Alliance Lines Up Copy Protection
Patents

Mobile Alliance Lines Up Copy Protection
Patents 01/06/2005 06:52 AM
The Open Mobile Alliance, which has been working feverishly on a copy protection standard for mobile phones has announced that they've gotten past one major hurdle: getting all the various patent holders to pool the patents. What this means is that this standard is likely to move forward on mobile phones, as it has pretty widespread industry support. Of course, that doesn't mean it's really good for anyone. While some say that this copy protection will make companies more comfortable releasing content, that's a total red herring. If there's demand for the content, it'll find it's way to the device. Copy protection won't actually "protect" any content. It will still get out there. However, it will make life more difficult for legitimate purchasers of content who will be annoyed to find they can't do what they want with the content. If anything, all this announcement really means is that we'll all be paying more, because everyone is going to have to pay royalties for these newly pooled patents. So, let's see... the content isn't actually protected and still gets copied for unauthorized users, consumers have fewer rights to do what the want to do with the content they actually acquired legitimately, and everything costs more. Sounds useful.

Offering Incentives To Get People To Buy
Into Copy Protection Experience

Offering Incentives To Get People To Buy
Into Copy Protection Experience 11/10/2003 11:01 PM
The latest company to jump on the CD copy protection bandwagon is Sony who will be selling new CDs with copy protection in Germany. They say, though, that they're offering this CD with added incentives to make people want to buy it. This is a little bit good, but mostly very bad. The little bit of good is the slow realization that if you're selling music on CDs, you've got to add additional incentives with it to make it worth buying the actual CD. This Sony system is offering access to bonus songs and concert tickets - but only if you have the CD. The rest is all bad. The copy protection makes the value of the CD go way down by taking away the many uses that people expect to get from their CD. To listen to the music on a computer, you have to use Sony software or Sony music players. Instead of using standards that everyone agrees on, here we have yet another different standard and different format for music. This is making life much worse for the consumer by setting up a world where you have to make an early bet on which company you want to supply your music and then live with it for the rest of your life. If the incentive to buy the CD is access to additional access or materials, then why not do that separate from the copy protection?

Belgian watchdog sues record biz over
copy protection

Belgian watchdog sues record biz over
copy protection 01/03/2004 09:34 AM
Anti-piracy protection illegal?

brain-dead DVD+RW "copy protection", or
occam's coincidence?

brain-dead DVD+RW "copy protection", or
occam's coincidence? 11/18/2003 11:36 AM
I have purchased two USB DVD writers - one a Freecom FX50 DVD+-RW and the other an HP DVD300e. Both drives, after initially working, failed to operate after burning a DVD.

A report on CD Freaks is making me suspicious as to what is going on.

Anyone else with similar experiences, or any clues?
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ZDNet Interview with Opera Softwares CEO

ZDNet Interview with Opera Softwares CEO 04/16/2005 11:22 PM
David Berlind, Editor of ZDNet discusses the potential stance of Opera in the near future on ZDNet's Between the Lines Blog with Jon S. von Tetzchner, Opera Software's CEO. With Firefox gaining a lot of publicity as of late with all the promo's by the firefox community, the upcoming Internet Explorer 7 has tabbed browsing confirmed along with tighter security, for Opera the question would be how well will it be able to cling on? Opera software's CEO seems pretty confident.

Against the backdrop of the way the browser playing field is changing and in the context of Opera’s business model, can the small, Oslo, Norway-based company survive the might of Microsoft and the juggernaut of the open source-based Mozilla Foundation?

According to Opera Software CEO, Jon S. von Tetzchner, that question has been asked over 100,000 times in the last 10 years and the answer is the same as it was ten years ago: "Yes." Not only is the company riding a wave of popularity on mobile devices, particularly in areas outside the US like Japan, the company is about to release version 8 of it’s browser; a version that von Tetzchner says will not only titillate Opera’s cult-like following, but that will raise the bar to Microsoft, Mozilla, and Apple’s Safari in terms of what it means to be the best browser.

The transcript is available in MP3 audio format from the ZDNet Blog. Opera's CEO discusses How Opera plans to head on into the future, it's active involvement with the W3C and the future web development, whether or not Opera should open source it's technology and more.

Opera 8 will come with a lot of new features such as support for ATOM RSS feeds, native support of SVG graphics and User Javascript. No release date has been confirmed so far, but according to Opera's website, version 8 is "launching soon".

View: Between the Lines, ZDNet
Download: The interview in MP3 format[26 MB]
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GeoBase Portal Uses Safe Softwares FME
to Distribute Data

GeoBase Portal Uses Safe Softwares FME
to Distribute Data 12/10/2003 06:44 PM
BC Technology Dec 10 2003 5:16PM ET

Falcon-Softwares FalconGrafx Completes
Re-Design for Sorenson Lighted Controls
Website

Falcon-Softwares FalconGrafx Completes
Re-Design for Sorenson Lighted Controls
Website 05/21/2004 05:35 PM
BC Technology May 21 2004 9:41PM GMT

the only politician protected by IP

the only politician protected by IP 05/18/2004 04:26 PM
So according to the governor, you can't make a parody doll of him. His rights of publicity trump any public right to parody. Amazing.

Programs protected as they're written

Programs protected as they're written 05/12/2004 09:50 AM
San Jose Mercury News May 12 2004 1:59PM GMT

Silver Sandtroopers Get Protected

Silver Sandtroopers Get Protected 08/11/2004 11:51 AM
We've had many of our Rebelscum readers writing in this past week with positive news on the condition of Silver Sandtrooper exclusives they've been receiving. Seems that Starwarsshop.com have listened to the complaints and are now shipping the figures wrapped in bubble wrap. Kudos to the Starwarsshop.com folks for helping us get the Silver Sandtrooper exclusives in the condition we prefer!

Find Protected has been released!

Find Protected has been released! 09/17/2004 02:38 AM
Find password protected files [PRWEB Sep 17, 2004]

Police net protected catch

Police net protected catch 06/04/2004 12:58 AM
Guardian Unlimited Jun 4 2004 4:57AM GMT

Belgians say "Nee" to copy-protected CDs

Belgians say "Nee" to copy-protected CDs 01/05/2004 01:43 PM
Belgian consumer protection group files suit against music labels over copy-protected CDs

Are your files well protected from
unauthorizedaccess?

Are your files well protected from
unauthorizedaccess? 09/16/2004 03:23 AM
Revolutionary product to Hide and optionally Encrypt your secret Files / Folders / Drives (FAT12,16,32) by completely modifying the Filesystem from backend. Any hacker or virus would fail to attack or infect your data, also it won't be even visible to exploit in a Disk Editor. Data remains locked everywhere in DOS mode/Safe Mode/Other OS/Transfer of media across computers. New Technology "Simultaneous Encryption" devised which is unbreakable and much faster than others. Without encryption, GigaBytes(GBs) of data hides within a minute. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2004]

Kashmir bus passengers protected

Kashmir bus passengers protected 04/04/2005 06:25 AM
Passengers on this week's landmark Kashmir bus service receive police protection amid militant threats.

Gamblers Better Protected than Voters

Gamblers Better Protected than Voters 06/14/2004 01:54 AM

NY Times: Gambling on Voting. Election officials say their electronic voting systems are the very best. But the truth is, gamblers are getting the best technology, and voters are being given systems that are cheap and untrustworthy by comparison. There are many questions yet to be resolved about electronic voting, but one thing is clear: a vote for president should be at least as secure as a 25-cent bet in Las Vegas.

The Times is on a roll, with one editorial after another challenging the voting-machine industry's lies and deceptions -- and voting officials' perverse willingness to accept a dangerously flawed system. This is a case where the editorial page is doing much more serious reporting than the newspaper's "news" staff. In fact, the Times Editorial Board is doing what most other major media -- with a few exceptions (one of which, I'm glad to say, is the San Jose Mercury News, which has hammered on this issue for more than a year) -- have all but ignored. The Times can make more of a difference to spur safe, reliable voting than almost any other non-governmental institution. Keep it up, folks. There's not much at stake, just trust in the democratic process.

Copy-Protected CD Becomes Best Seller
(AP)

Copy-Protected CD Becomes Best Seller
(AP) 06/25/2004 12:12 PM
AP - A music CD wrapped in copy-protection technology has become a best seller, fueling speculation that U.S. music fans might be ready to accept such restrictions.

Copy-Protected CD Becomes Best Seller

Copy-Protected CD Becomes Best Seller 06/25/2004 01:33 PM
AP via Newsday Jun 25 2004 5:05PM GMT

Password-protected RSS feeds

Password-protected RSS feeds 10/30/2003 02:44 AM
feature

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Copy-protected CD Tops U.S. Charts

Copy-protected CD Tops U.S. Charts 06/18/2004 12:08 AM

Making Copy Protected CDs Cheaper?

Making Copy Protected CDs Cheaper? 07/21/2004 08:22 PM
The head of Atlantic Records UK seems to be recognizing the fact that copy protection doesn't provide consumers with anything of value, and he has an interesting idea on how to deal with this fact: make copy protected CDs cheaper than those without copy protection. What if you had an option to buy a copy protected CD at a discount, or an "open" CD at a premium? While it's surprising to see a recording industry exec admit the lower value of a copy protected CD, we all know what would happen. Most people would buy the cheaper CD, and proceed to use some sort of workaround to deal with the copy protection. Unfortunately, this also opens the door to the concept of use-based pricing for music. Want to play that CD on a stereo? That'll be $15. Want to play it on a computer also? $17.50. In your car? $20. On your portable music player? $25.

SCO code to be protected in closed court

SCO code to be protected in closed court 12/16/2003 04:24 AM
ZDNet Australia Dec 16 2003 3:41AM ET

Officials: U.S. Banking System Protected
(AP)

Officials: U.S. Banking System Protected
(AP) 08/02/2004 02:32 AM
AP - Officials believe there are sufficient safety mechanisms to ensure that any terrorist attack on the U.S. financial system can be weathered in much the same way the system handles hurricanes and other disruptions.

President will be protected by 16,000
police officers

President will be protected by 16,000
police officers 11/18/2003 09:14 AM
protect .. Damn

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"President will be protected by 16,000
police officers... "

"President will be protected by 16,000
police officers... " 11/18/2003 10:22 AM

Copy Protected CD's are Worthless

Copy Protected CD's are Worthless 06/17/2005 03:50 PM

What is it going to take to get the music recoding and production industry to wake up. After all how many people actually listen to an actual CD these days. My 99 disk CD player was sold at a garage sale several years ago, and the only thing I play now is music from the file server in my office piped into my stereo via WiFi.

If your pissed off about these anti-copying techniques, then you need to start speaking out. When you buy a CD that has these restrictions call the companies and tell them what you think. Until you stand up for your rights and demand fair use, the recording industry is not going to stop.

Consumers have a choice, and if we step out and say were not going to take it anymore, they will listen. But this takes a lot of people calling them out. So let's get busy. [Techdirt< /a>]

SCO Code to be Protected in Closed Court

SCO Code to be Protected in Closed Court 12/16/2003 11:19 AM

Programs protected as they're written
(SiliconValley.com)

Programs protected as they're written
(SiliconValley.com) 05/12/2004 06:57 AM
SiliconValley.com - They exploit vulnerabilities deep within source code -- the blueprint for a piece of software -- to steal information, to crash or seize control of a computer, or just for a challenge.

Are You Prepared For Disaster? Is Your
Data Really Protected?

Are You Prepared For Disaster? Is Your
Data Really Protected? 07/07/2004 12:43 PM

Kerberos Flaws Allow Access to Protected
Networks

Kerberos Flaws Allow Access to Protected
Networks 09/01/2004 11:30 AM
MIT researchers have uncovered a number of serious security flaws in the Kerberos authentication system, the worst of which could give unauthorized users access to protected corporate networks.

Is A Stickman Protected Under
Intellectual Property Laws?

Is A Stickman Protected Under
Intellectual Property Laws? 07/16/2004 01:59 PM
A Chinese internet cartoonist who has created a series of Flash movies using traditional stickmen is suing shoe giant Nike for their commercials using animated stickmen. Not knowing much about intellectual property rules in China, it's tough to tell what this case falls under. I'll leave it to the lawyers to discuss the actual claims (the article doesn't describe specifically what he's suing for), but it is an interesting question. Obviously, the "stick man" has been around for ages. So, it's tough to claim IP control over that. However, is it protected to then take and animate the stick man? I'm not sure. I pretty clearly remember as kid creating flip books of animated stickmen in the margins of random books.

Free File: Protected Storage PassView

Free File: Protected Storage PassView 08/01/2004 03:24 AM
G4 Tech TV Aug 1 2004 8:17AM GMT

iPod popularity may put a damper on
copy-protected CDs

iPod popularity may put a damper on
copy-protected CDs 07/12/2004 10:36 PM
For the first time in the US, a copy-protected music CD has hit #1 on the charts. However, some consumers are complaining that they can't rip the tracks to their iPods.

Debate Swirls Around the Status of a
Protected Mouse

Debate Swirls Around the Status of a
Protected Mouse 06/26/2004 05:40 PM
A Colorado scientist says that the Preble's meadow jumping mouse is on the Federal Endangered Species list based on guesswork and outdated science.

Microsoft Debuts CD Copy-Protection Software

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