The Internet
European battle over software patents
By Kerem Kaya and Mike Ingram, December 23, 2003
The long-running battle over patents for computer software has reached a new stage in Europe. An amendment [1] submitted on a Directive proposal [2], already approved by the European Parliament (EP) a...
US court case: Renewed attack on open source software
By John Neilson, December 12, 2003
On March 6 this year, the US software company SCO Group filed a $1 billion civil lawsuit against IBM, claiming the latter had stolen proprietary code from the Unix operating system for use in the curr...
Heavy-handed tactics against music fans: the recording industry’s new assault
By James Brewer, September 23, 2003
On September 8, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed the first 261 of possibly thousands of lawsuits against private individuals accused of music piracy. This is the beginning of...
Spanish cut-price music web site forced to close
By Paul Mitchell, July 26, 2003
Spanish web site Puretones has closed as a result of the giant music companies’ campaign against anyone who threatens their near monopoly.
Music industry turns against file sharing customers
By Mike Ingram, May 10, 2003
The recording giants have turned their fire on music consumers after failing to halt online music swapping, despite shutting the file-sharing pioneer Napster.
War coverage takes over as top Internet search
By Mike Ingram, March 28, 2003
“War” has taken over “sex”, “Britney Spears” and “travel” as the top Internet search term since the US and British forces commenced their bombardment of...
Serious security flaws in Microsoft web browser
How safe is your computer?
By Mike Ingram, January 12, 2002
If you are using an operating systems from Microsoft, the answer to the question, “how safe is your computer?” would have to be “not very!”
Settlement reached in Microsoft antitrust case
By Mike Ingram, November 6, 2001
Reports emerged November 2 that the US software giant, Microsoft, has reached a settlement with the US Justice Department in the four-year antitrust case. The settlement has gone ahead without the agr...
PGP creator defends right to encrypt emails
By Mike Ingram, October 1, 2001
Philip Zimmermann, the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption software, has issued a statement aimed at clarifying his attitude towards encryption in the aftermath of the September 11 terrori...
Internet privacy threatened following terrorist attacks on US
By Mike Ingram, September 24, 2001
Governments around the world are using the terror attacks on the US to remove all privacy protection from Internet users.
US Justice Department drops demand for Microsoft break-up
By Mike Ingram, September 10, 2001
The decision by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to drop its demand for the break-up of Microsoft is a dramatic reversal of policy by the Bush administration. In a statement issued Thursday Septembe...
European Union extends investigation of Microsoft
By Mike Ingram, September 4, 2001
As the software giant Microsoft seeks to bring an end to its four-year battle with the US Justice Department, the company has come under increasing scrutiny in Europe.
