Digital Millennium Dark Ages
By Robin D. Gross

California Court Seems Set on Keeping Net Case Local
By Shannon Lafferty

Sklyarov: A Huge Sigh of Release
By Farhad Manjoo

Russian Hacker Has a Party
By Jeffrey Benner

Freedom of Speech: Void Where Prohibited
Hollywood Exports Technology Ban Overseas Despite U.S. Abuse
By Robin D. Gross

Digital Copyright Act Harms Research
By Richard Smith

Computer scientists boycott US over digital copyright law
By Will Knight

Arrested Russian computer programmer released on bail
By Matthew Leising

Artists and Audiences Strike a 'New Deal'
with the Licensing of Music
By Robin D. Gross

Adobe E-Book Hacker Released
By Declan McCullagh and Farhad Manjoo

Jail Time in the Digital Age
By Lawrence Lessig

Artists, scientists protest U.S. copyright arrest
By Elinor Mills Abreu

London protesters slam US copyright laws
By ZDNet (UK)

Arrest May Trigger Copyright Fight
Arrest Could Spur Effort To Revamp Copyright Law
By Brenda Sandburg

The Digital-Music Politico
By Julene Snyder

Russia won't prosecute software programmer
By The Associated Press

Cracking the Code Of Online Censorship
By Jennifer Lee

Electronic Frontier Foundation Fights to Free the Russian Hacker
By Scott Harris

Computer scientists boycott US over digital copyright law
By Will Knight

Rep: Give Fair Use a Fair Shake
By Declan McCullagh

Scholars Defend Russian Graduate Student
Jailed in Las Vegas Encryption Case
By Andrea L. Foster

Adobe Opposes Prosecution in Hacking Case
By Amy Harmon

Hacker's arrest decried
Russian's is the first criminal case under new US antipiracy law
By Hiawatha Bray

FBI Arrest of Russian Software Developer:
May Trigger Copyright Fight. EFF says arrest could be rallying
cry for overturning Digital Millennium Copyright Act
By Brenda Sandburg

FBI Arrests Programmer in Las Vegas
Distributed Tool that Increases Purchaser's Control of eBooks
EFF Media Release - July 17, 2001

FBI nabs Russian expert at Def Con
By Robert Lemos

Case highlights law's threat to fair-use rights
By Dan Gillmor

Far From the Final Frontier
By Julene Snyder

Tech-Savvy Indiana Student Snared in California Court
Court Reconsiders Due Process for Alleged Software Publisher
EFF Media Release - July 10, 2001

The EFF's fight to save the Internet from "Them"
By Eliot Van Buskirk

Boy, 14, arrested for music piracy
BBC

EFF & Princeton Scientists Sue Record Companies Over Squelched Research
EFF: Felten/USENIX v. RIAA/SDMI/Verance/Ashcroft
June 6, 2001

Tech-rights group sues recording industry
Researchers allege pressure to suppress anti-piracy findings
By Benny Evangelista

Toward "Public" Music: The EFFâs Open Audio License
By Mary Lyn Maiscott

Silly law, silly lawsuit
By Hiawatha Bray

A Constitutional Right to Decode?
By Declan McCullagh

EFF Files First Anti-DMCA Lawsuit
By Robin Miller

Open your ears:
Copyright law wounded Napster, but the
Open Audio License could preserve MP3 trading on the Net
By Adam Wisniewski

Internet Music Lawsuit on "All Things Considered"
By Rick Karr

The Heavenly Jukebox
By Charles C. Mann

SDMI crack team launches preemptive suit
By Thomas C. Greene

Who Will Own Your Next Idea?
By Charles C. Mann

Hollywood's Hush Tactics
USA Today Editorial

John Perry Barlow and the Electronic Frontier
By Mary Lyn Maiscott

Copyright Thugs
By Lawrence Lessig

Code Crackers and Free Speech
Washington Post Editorial

Putting a kind face on copyright battles
By Lisa M. Bowman

DIGITAL DECODING:
Recent cases show entertainment industry's difficulties in locking out hackers
By Benny Evangelista

Aimster Complaint Against RIAA

COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS CONCERNED DMCA
STIFLES ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND SPEECH
 Recent Action Proves Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Erodes the Rights of Researchers and Impedes Innovation

Questioning Continues in Copyright Suit
By Carl S. Kaplan

DVD copyright appeal hinges on what's fair
By Scarlet Pruitt

Once Again the RIAA Goes Too Far,
Aiming Threats at Princeton and Professor Felten
By Larry Powers

Both Sides Pleased With DVD Oral Arguments
By David McGuire

It's your DVD
By Travis Armstrong

Web piracy crackdown spawns stealth platforms
By Rueters

Judges Weigh Copyright Suit on Unlocking DVD Shield
By Amy Harmon

2nd Circuit Weighs DVD Copying
By Mark Hamblett

Does an Anti-Piracy Plan Quash the First Amendment?
By Carl S. Kaplan

Hacker mag faces tough hearing on Web-links appeal
By Eric Auchard

Gone With the First Amendment
NY Times Editorial

Court Takes Up Copyright Law Case
By Anick Jesdanun

Is the RIAA running scared?
A fumbled attempt to silence a Princeton professor
backfires on the recording industry
By Janelle Brown

Felton Prof.'s Statement on RIAA's Threat to Free Expression

EFF Releases Public Music License to Promote Audio Freedom:
Artists and Audiences Strike New Deal to Protect Public Commons

Read EFF's License Here

EFF to Help Seattle IMC Fight Gag Order
By Declan McCullagh

By Picking on Academics,
Record Industry Plays the Bad Guy -- at the Worst Possible Time
By Roger Parloff

Music group tries to suppress piracy study
By Rueters

Slashdot on Public Music License

Stumping for Fair Use
By Ryan Sager

Peter Gabriel's Rent-a-Song Strategy for the Net
By Jack Ewing

Secure-Music Group Threatens Researchers
Who Plan to Publish on Hacking Success
By Charles C. Mann and Roger Parloff

The Digital Dark Ages
By Christian Braun

Fight Rages Over Digital Rights
By Brad King

EFF Receives Digital Music Award,
Advances Audiovisual Freedom

Court Backs Free Speech on Net
By Stefanie Olson

SDMI Hack Draws Legal Threats
By Lisa M. Bowman

T13 Standards Committee Rejects
Hard Drive Copy Prevention Scheme

Broadband fans busted over Gnutella
By Lisa M. Bowman

EFF Protests Net Filtering Law:
Net controls at libraries should spark indignation
By David Plotnikoff

Recording Industry Sues Students for Swapping MP3s
From Taipie Times

The uni MP3 raid: Reports from the front lines
By Thomas C. Greene

The War on Unrestricted Access
By Christian Braun

EFF Panel on CAFE at NY Music & Internet Expo
April 21, 2001 - NY, NY

Just Compensation
By Lawrence Lessig

IP in the Digital Environment
Conference at Univ. of Wisconsin @ Madison
May 6-8, 2001

Text One Zero Conference on IP & Copyright
May 22-23, 2001 - NY

Rethinking Business in Light of Open Source Conference
April 18, 2001 - SF

Digital Music Roundtable Discussion
@ UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
April 18, 2001

Digital Copyright Crossroads Panel Discussion
April 25, 2001 - Hollywood

Group Praises Ruling On Copy-Protection Standards
By David McGuire

April 6, 2001 BayFF featuring Chuck D:
Famed Rapper and Activist speaking about the Challenges and
Opportunities Facing Online Artists in the World of Digital Music

Stanford Law School Dean Kathleen Sullivan
Joins Defense Team for 2600 Magazine and Will
Argue Landmark Internet Free Speech and Copyright Case

EFF's Reply Brief in DeCSS Appeal to 2nd Circuit
(Oral Argument Scheduled for May 1st, 2001)

AT IMPASSE: TECHNOLOGY, POPULAR DEMAND,
and TODAYâS COPYRIGHT REGIME
By Jim Griffin

Antipiracy efforts spark battle over computer hardware
By John Borland

A Thorn in the MPAA's Side
By Declan McCullagh

Noose tightens on rights, Net expert warns
By David Akin

Advocates campaign against copy-protection plans
By John Borland

Who is spying on your downloads?
By Janelle Brown

Napster-Proof CDs:
The Music Industry's Secret Plan to
Safeguard Popular Music From the Wild Web
By Charles Mann

Verio Gags EFF Founder Over Spam
By Kevin Poulson

Napster: Artists Getting Screwed
By Brad King

MS Plans Secure PC that Won't Copy Audio Files
By John Lettice

If It Feels Good
By Vanessa Hua

Copyright.net Fight May Get Ugly
By Jim Welte

Users' Rights in Copyright:
An Interview with Ray Patterson

NFL Joins Hack Attack
By Elizabeth Hurt

New decryption code underscores DVD security weakness
By Robert Lemos

U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher Speech on Fair Use at CEA
March 6, 2001

9th Circuit Napster Ruling Requires P2P
Developers Ensure No One Misuses Their Systems:
Supreme Court's "Betamax" Defense to Secondary Liability Narrowed
By Robin D. Gross

Descramble That DVD in 7 Lines
By Declan McCullagh

The open PC is dead - start praying, says HD guru
By Andrew Orlowski

Hackers: The political heroes of cyberspace
By Stuart Millar

Radio Active Takes Napster Cue--With a New Spin
By Michael A. Hiltzik

Libraries as Creatures of Copyright:
Why Librarians Care about Intellectual Property Law and Policy
By Carol C. Henderson

Aimster Pig Encoder to Circumvent RIAA's Scheme
to Shut Down Napster

Tale of the tape
By Mike Snider

Napster Loss Is Copyright Gain
By Brad King

Hollywood putting the squeeze on consumers
By Dan Gillmor

The Publisher over Your Shoulder
By Grant Painter

Napster Fallout: Privacy Loses?
By Jeffrey Benner

Smoke-screen CPRM "Generic Functionality" proposal
By John Gilmore

Stallman: The GNU GPL and the American Way
By Richard Stallman

Playing Fair With Copyright:
After Napster, the entertainment giants
might use technology to stop even legal copying
By Steven Levy

RIAA Goes Right at Napster
By Brad King

Global music industry to ID Napster fans
By CNET News.com Staff

Hacker Hero
By Doug Mellgren

Turn-off: A way to short-circuit unofficial
imports of electronic goods  is devised
By New Scientist

Gnutella users warned of Internet worm
By John Leyden

Liberation Musicology
By Eben Moglen

ISPs Asked to Unplug on Napster Cloners
By Linda Harrison

Music labels to ISPs: Shut down Napster clones
By Jim Hu and John Borland

DOJ Backs Movie Studios in DeCSS Case
By Kate Miller

There's no going back after CPRM, warns Schneier
By Andrew Orlowski

Digital Hollywood: No Resolution
By Jane Black

P2P survival hinges on Napster's fate
By John Borland

Artist Keeps Barbies
By Maria F. Durand

DoJ sticks its nose in 2600.com DeCSS appeal
By Thomas C Greene

Legal Expert Sees Napster Competitors Thriving
By Carl S. Kaplan

DOJ rips hackers, '2600' mag in DVD-cracking flap
By Lisa M. Bowman

Napster is just one battle in the war for control of digital content
By Dan Gillmor

CPRM on ATA - Full Coverage
By Andrew Orlowski

'Potter' Web fans organize boycott
By Elizabeth Weise

Copyright or Copy Wrong?
By Brad King

Hatch troubled by Napster court decision
By Reuters

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2001

Good Gnus in Napster Ruling
By Declan McCullagh

Federal Appeals Court Referees 'One-Click' Patent Fight
By Jonathan Ringel

Police investigate Belgian Napster fans
By BBC

The Napster Parasites
By Janelle Brown

Peer-to-Peering Into the Future
By Farhad Manjoo

CMU Scientist's Response to MPAA Threats
Over 'Gallery of CSS Descramblers'

'Tasini' Brief Sets Stage for High Court
Argument in Key Copyright Dispute
By Mealey Publications

Statement by Sen. Hatch on the 9th
Circuit Decision in the Napster Case

Ninth Circuit Napster Ruling Here
(Affirmed in part, reversed in part)

Diverse Groups Unite to Defend Freedom of Expression Against DMCA
EFF/2600 Magazine Receive Wide Public Support in DeCSS Appeal

4th Circuit Opinion - ALS SCAN INC v REMARQ COMMUNITIES
Dangerous Precedent: DMCA 'Safe Harbor' Not So Safe

ISPâs safe harbor a little more risky
Substantial compliance with notice requirement sufficient
By Peter Geier

Service provider liable for copyright infringement of photos
The Fourth Circuit is first to interpret the "notice and takedown" provisions of DMCA

Prince to Start Online Music Subscription Service

Reverse Engineering: Necessary Function Or Illegal Activity?
by Karen D. Schwartz

Cyberlawyer: Hackers Are People Too!
By Robert Lemos

Free Music Equals Net Profits
By Brad King

Forward Looking: 2001
By Mark Thompson

A Love Song For Napster
Imagine what could happen to democracy if the courts kill off this popular software
By Jaron Lanier

Free-Speech Issues Underlie DVD-Code Appeal
By Lisa M. Bowman

Intellectual Property Organization Stumped
By Juilana Gruenwald

Code + Law: An Interview with Lawrence Lessig
Legally and Technically, Hollywood Is Assaulting Some Basic Rights
By Tim O'Reilly and Richard Koman

Collective Patronage
By Arkady

Presumed Guilty
By Kristi Essick

The Future of Music
By Jon Sobel

DeCSS Allies Ganging Up
By Declan McCullagh

Battle lines harden over Net copyright
By John Borland

ACLU Urges Appeals Court to Protect Free Speech Rights
In Landmark DVD Copyright Case

Boffins back 2600 over DeCSS ruling
By Lucy Sherriff

ISP takes stand in dispute over DVD-cracking code
By Lisa Bowman

Code is Free Speech:
Computer scientists claim protection under First Amendment.
By Jim Welte

A Meta Tag Nintendo Didn't Like
By Farhad Manjoo

Verio stands firm in DeCSS row
By: Linda Harrison

Dean's List Of Professors Opposes 2600 Ruling
By Brian Krebs

SDMI antipiracy effort loses leader
By John Borland

Feb. 12, 2001 BayFF Hosts Lawrence Lessig on "Architecting Innovation"

Why technology Can't Stop Music Piracy
By Jesse Berst

Intel, 4C still 'lying' about CPRM - Gilmore
By Andrew Orlowski

DE SDMI

Big Blue touts new Napster-proof music locks
By John Borland

MP3 Revolution Rages On
By Lessley Anderson

Internet company links rock band
with producer, record deal
By AP

The Litigious Link
By James Daly

Future of Music Policy Summit - Two Days of Deep Discussion
By Margee Fagelson

Web war rages over DVD-cracking site
By Lisa M. Bowman

EFF: Publisher Appeals Injunction Against News Story

Read EFF's Appeal Brief for 2600 Magazine
Jan. 19, 2001

Copyright: Your Right or Theirs?
By Brad King

EFF on DeCSS: Hackers' Rights at Stake
By Lisa M. Bowman

What's Wrong With Copy Protection?
By John Gilmore

An 'Odd Bird' - A Case For Balance in Copyright Law in Cyberspace
By Robin D. Gross and Katina Bishop

Congress Should Stay Out Of Cybersquatting - Patent Office
By Robert MacMillan

Advocacy Group Fights Ruling on DVD Cracking Case
By Lisa M. Bowman

IBM to unveil digital music copy protections
By Dawn C. Chmielewski

EFF Appeals 2600 Decision Slashot Discussion Thread

Secure Music Initiative Meets in L.A.:
Will They Declare Victory and Go Home?
By Roger Parloff

Are movies about to meet their Napster?
By Justin Hibbard

Free-Speech Advocates Fight Filtering
Software in Public Schools
By Carl S. Kaplan

Copy protection on Whistler easily cracked
By John Lettice

Do antipiracy measures rob consumers?
By Robert Lemos

Hackers Video Goes Open Source
By John Borland

Examining the Music Business
By Ann Powers

Why You Can't Sell What You Buy
By Brad King

Future Of Music Policy Conference: About Truths, Not Booths next
By Wendy Mitchell

Group Says It Beat Music Security but Can't Reveal How
By Amy Harmon

Fight Rages Over Digital Rights
By Brad King

Did Princeton Professor's SDMI Hack Break the Law?
By Roger Parloff

Herding Cats, Swinging Tarzans and Tuning Cars
Metaphorical Highlights From the FMC Conference

Senator Orrin Hatch Blasts Record Biz to Delight of Attendees
By Charles C. Mann and Warren Cohen

Patent Infringement Suits Lay Claims to Hyperlinking Technology
By Tech Law Journal

France plans royalties tax on digital devices
By Reuters

Digital Music Conference: Politics And Fireworks
By Andy Sullivan

Industry leaders are no-shows at digital music conference
By John Borland

Musicians Remix the Digital-Music Debate
By Mike Musgrove

Sounding Off About Music, The Web
By Lou Carlozo

Hatch Urges Music Industry to Keep Web Path Open
By Andy Sullivan

Policy-makers scrutinize online-music stalemate
By John Borland

MP3.com Head Says Copyright Law Should Be Clarified
By Andy Sullivan

Studios deck the halls with DVDs
By David Bloom

The Future of Music is Everyone's Concern
By Noel Ramos

Tough Times for Data Robots
By Carl S. Kaplan

U.S. professor stumps recording industry by cracking codes
By The Arts Report - CBC Radio

Copyright Advocate Sounds Cyber Alarm
Lawyer Throws Road Block in Hollywood Moguls
By Elizabeth Weise

Coalition makes concession on anti-piracy technology
By Dawn C. Chmielewski

Check Out: E-Law - Emerging Rules for Cyberspace
Feb 6, 2001 at Michigan State University - Sponsored by I-team

U.S. Patent Office Issues Controversial Ruling
that Corporations May Patent Life
By Reuters

Stealth plan puts copy protection into every hard drive
By Andrew Orlowski

The Coalition for the Future of Music Policy Conference:
An Interview with Jenny Toomey
By The Idler

Supreme Court Thwarts Hollywood's War on Cyberspace
EFF DVD Update

The Year in Technology Law
By. Carl S. Kaplan

Free Links, Only $50 Apiece
By Declan McCullagh

Cyber-Rights Groups Join Forces to Oppose
Anti-Privacy Cybercrime Treaty

Hollywood dealt setback in DVD code case
By Evan Hansen

Mormon Church Silences Online Critics:
The Tanners' Uneasy Settlement
By Ben Fulton

DMCA Takes Full Effect - Millions of Americans Become Criminals:
Librarian Unable to Preserve Fair Use and Free Expression in Digital Realm
By Robin D. Gross

Calendar for DVD/DeCSS/DMCA Appeal to 2nd Circuit

Band Joins Fan Rage Over Napster
By John Borland

Webcasters Get Copyright Relief
By Brad King

Recording Industry Scores Win With Copyright Office
By Reuters

Coming Attractions:
It's Old Media vs. New as Lobbyists Prepare For
The Next Great Entertainment Fight - Webcasting
By Ron Eckstein

Treating the Web Like Royalty
By Andrew Morse

Dec. 4 "BayFF" Mini Tech Fair Examines Online Privacy Products & Services

Conference: "Copyright Dilemmas in the Information Age"
at Univ. of Michigan (Dec 4-6)

Digital Copyright Battles Sharpen
By Sue Zeidler

Copyright Act Faces Big Test
By Brad King

DVD ruling could rewrite copyright rules
By Mike Snider

EMusic Uses Search-and-Cease Program Targeting Napster
By P.J. Huffstutter

Another Front in the Digital-Music Battle
By Elizabeth Wasserman

DVD suit defendant pushes legal envelope
By John Wilen

EMusic Pursues Napster Users
By Ariana Eunjung Cha

Judge Breaks Ground With EBay Ruling:
EBay immune from suit over infringing material
By Brenda Sandburg

Statement of U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher on
Copyright Office Ruling and Fair Use Rights

American Library Association Statement
on Copyright Office Ruling:
"Fair use in the digital age reduced
to nothing more than a hollow promise..."

Librarian of Congress and Copyright Office
Issue Two Narrow Exemptions to DMCA Circumvention Ban;
Millions of Americans Became Criminals Saturday, October 28, 2000
Read Govt's Final Ruling & Report Here

Letter from Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Communications and Information, conveying the views of the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration on DMCA Rule-making
September 29, 2000

Legitimate Concerns vs. Free Speech:
Who Defines the Rules for the Net Ring
By Ed Foster

What the DMCA and the Copyright Term
Extension Act Mean to the Library Community
By Arnold Lutzker

Copyright Strikes Back
By Bryan Pfaffenberge

Group Cautions Feds Over RIAA's Royalty-Collection Plans
By Steven Bonisteel

Cybercrime treaty targets hackers
By Bob Sullivan

Open-Source Music Software and The Mothers of Invention
By Larry Powers and Paul Marshall

MPAA pursues DeCSS posters over links
By Sam Costello

Copyright Office Calls for New Hearings on
DMCA's Impact on 'First Sale Privilege' and 'Back-up Copy Rights'
When: Nov. 29 in Washington, D.C.
Requests to Testify due by Nov. 24

TECHNICAL PROTECTION MEASURES:
THE INTERSECTION OF TECHNOLOGY, LAW AND COMMERCIAL LICENSES
By Dean Marks (Time Warner) and Bruce Turnbull (Weil Gotshal & Manges)
(Good explanation of copyright industry's plan for TPMs submitted to WIPO)

EFF Urges Netizens to Support Digital Music Rights Bil -- "MOLRA"

Collegians plan protest during Valenti's visit
By Craig Linder

SDMI finds itself in a Web-based war of words
By Margaret Quan

Rep. Boucher Introduces Bill to
Permit Some Internet Music Copying
By Tech Law Journal

What Mr. Chiariglione Isn't Saying
By Don Marti

DeCSS @ Univ. of Rochester:
Valenti Protest with Photos

Cracked or not? The SDMI saga continues
By Janelle Brown

Getting non-geeks to think about the DeCSS case
By Hrafnkell Eiriksson

JOIN the Million Email March to Protect User Rights!
Support the Music Owner's Listening Right's Act of 2000

Inside the World of a 'Hactivist'
By Deborah Radcliff

The Computer Code Hoedown!
By Shane Killian

Questions on Net Anonymity
By John Schwartz

RIAA Webcast Royalty Collective Faces New Competitor
By Mark Lewis

Grassroots group opposes RIAA royalty collective
By Sue Zeidler

Fear of a Pay-Per-Use World
By Oscar S. Cisneros

RIAA Wants To ID Digital Music Files
By Michael Bartlett

How the Peer-to-Peer Working Group Ought to be Organized
By Tim O'Reilly

Return to Digital Music Island
By Julene Snyder

Group Cautions Feds Over RIAA's Royalty-Collection Plans
By Steven Bonisteel

P2P Developers Stand Up to Intel
By Deborah Gage

SDMI cracked!
By Janelle Brown

Copyrights Rule
By Lawrence Lessig

Sega wants to silence advice on hacker sites
By John Borland

MP3.com yanks song with illegal DVD-hacking code
By Corey Grice

Restoring balance in the battle over free expression on the Net
By Dan Gillmor

Valenti v. Lessig: A Debate on the Future of Intellectual Property - WEBCAST
Valenti on taking away your Constitutional rights, "I'm rather jubilant now.
What Judge Kaplan did was blow away every one of these brittle and fragile rebuttals.
He threw out fair use; he threw out reverse engineering; he threw out linking."

DVD-CCA Sues Over T-Shirts
By Robert Lemos

DMCA, AHRA, RIAA? Attorney Walter McDonough's Legislative Watch
By Jenny Toomey

Electronic leash would undermine our values
By Dan Gillmor

Judge Releases Order in Free Republic Copyright Infringement Case
By Tech Law Journal

ANALYSIS OF THE DECISION AGAINST 2600
By Emmanuel Goldstein

Linux and DeCSS: What the MPAA is Really After
By Bryan Pfaffenberge

CHECK OUT:
The Future of Music Policy Summit

Has the DVD-hacking case made a t-shirt illegal?
By Sam Costello

Copyright Resources on the Web

Joint Study Required by Section 104 of the (DMCA)
Digital Millennium Copyright Act @ Copyright Office

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