The Internet
The Google Book Search copyright settlement and the future of information—Part 2
By K. Reed, August 13, 2009
The second of a two-part article on the Google Book Search settlement.
The Google Book Search copyright settlement and the future of information—Part 1
By K. Reed, August 12, 2009
The first of a two-part article on the Google Book Search settlement.
China forced to delay Internet censorship measure
By John Chan, July 11, 2009
The Chinese government abruptly announced late last month that it had postponed its July 1 deadline for all personal computers sold in China to be installed with government-developed Internet filterin...
German parliament opens way for Internet censorship
By Andreas Kunstmann, June 30, 2009
The German parliament has passed a law using child pornography as a pretext to censure the Internet.
US cybersecurity plan poses new war threats, attacks on democratic rights
By Tom Eley, May 30, 2009
On Friday, President Barack Obama announced the creation of a “cyber czar” who would oversee the defense of US financial networks. Separately, plans proceeded within the military-intelligence appa...
File-sharing trial against The Pirate Bay has wide-ranging implications
By Mike Ingram, February 20, 2009
What the Times of London described as the “internet piracy trial of the decade” is under way in a courtroom in Stockholm, Sweden, with protesters with megaphones camped outside the building. The t...
Behind Apple’s decision to drop anti-copying measures in iTunes
By Mike Ingram, January 19, 2009
Apple’s decision to drop the anti-copying protection known as Digital Rights Management (DRM) has received a mixed response from consumers and music fans across the world.
Australia: Growing opposition to Labor’s Internet censorship
By our reporters, December 27, 2008
More than 2,000 opponents of the federal Labor government’s plans to censor the Internet rallied in cities across Australia on December 13—the second national protest in the past two months.
Pakistani regime ban of YouTube highlights threat to free Internet
By John Grais, March 5, 2008
On February 22, the Pakistani Telecommunications Authority (PTA) ordered the country’s Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to YouTube, the world’s most popular video web site. Access...
Australian Labor government threatens to censor Internet
By Richard Phillips, January 14, 2008
Under the guise of “protecting children” from pornography and X-rated violence, the Australian Labor government has announced that it will attempt to censor local internet access. Labor’s plans,...
European antitrust case finds against Microsoft
By Mike Ingram, March 31, 2004
The European Commission issued a statement March 24 announcing that it had found that Microsoft broke the European Union competition law. After a five-year investigation the EC concluded that Microsof...
Microsoft threat to discontinue Windows 98 and NT operating systems
By Kerem Kaya and Mike Ingram, February 19, 2004
The decision by Microsoft to stop supporting its previous generation of Windows Operating Systems (OSs), Windows 98 and NT, has resulted in a market reaction leading to the long-term postponement of t...
