SCO yesterday released their 10-Q (provided courtesy of Yahoo Finance), which provides investors with an understanding of their performance for the preceding three months and their official outlook on the future. Besides mentioning the $15.5M made from their SCOSource licensing program over the past two quarters and giving specifics …

According to an article from the New York Times, SBC (a regional Bell derivative serving mostly the western states) continues to hold out against subpoenas from the RIAA. With the Federal District Court in Washington expected to hear oral arguments today in Verizon's continuing effort to get the subpoenas struck …

An interesting article from Tech Central Station describes an interesting interpretation of Canadian copyright law that may well make it completely legal to copy CDs that you don't own and to swap music via the Internet. At issue is the 1998 revision of the Canadian Copyright Act which, according to …

Here's an extremely well written article on copyright in general and on the book, movie, and music industries in particular. The article was written by Orson Scott Card, award-winning author of Ender's Game and books for Rhino Times of Greensboro, NC. It is an excellent description of the issues surrounding …

An article from the New York Times is reporting that a recent study by AT&T shows that almost 80% of the 285 high-quality pirated copies of movies that have been found on the internet actually came from Hollywood insiders, and not the "little guy," as the MPAA and their …

Apparently one of the things that you give up, besides meals, when you fly JetBlue is your privacy. According to an article from Wired, JetBlue has stepped up to the plate to take Delta's place after that carrier bowed out of the CAPPS II testing earlier this year. CAPPS II …

In a move that shows the success of Verisign's campaign to rid the world of ICANN's individual representation, the largest domain name company has taken over all nonexistent domains worldwide. Yesterday, if you had typed www.somerandomname.net, you would have gotten an error message from your browser. Today, you …

Days after the announcement of the RIAA's Clean Slate program for "amnesty," the RIAA is under fire for creating a misleading program which (at least from cursory examination by lawyers) doesn't provide protection from lawsuits. According to an article on CNet, one California resident has filed suit against the organization …

In a speech yesterday (reported by the Washington Post), President Bush asked the public to "untie the hands of our law enforcement officials." In his speech, Bush has called for extensions to the USA Patriot Act to give the government additional powers which he claims would bring anti- terrorism enforcement …

IDG News Service reports (courtesy of MacCentral) that Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee) raised questions yesterday about the DMCA's subpoena provisions. Unfortunately, he is still taking the RIAA side in the intellectual property vs. privacy debate. Although he indicated that the DMCA is "not perfect," he …

In a move intended to prove a point, defendants sued earlier this year by EMarketersAmerica.org have decided to continue the lawsuit to its conclusion despite a motion by the plaintiffs to drop the lawsuit voluntarily. The defendants are determined to win a judgment and get court costs for the …

In a move heralded as a victory by both the ACLU and the CDT (Center for Democracy in Technology), CNet is reporting that the state of Pennsylvania has suspended the operation of its site blocking law pending further legal action by the federal courts. At issue is a Pennsylvania state …

An article on Wired this morning indicates that the RIAA has settled a lawsuit with one of the newly sued people. This one is a 12-year old and they are letting her off with a fine of $2,000. Fortunately, this move has sparked some new resistance to the DMCA's …

I read with interest an article from CNet about a ruling yesterday by a Federal judge in Virginia who found that software that pops up ads over particular web pages (such as is done by the defendant, WhenU, and others such as Gator) are annoying, but legal and do not …

SCO, the company that created an outcry earlier this year by stating every copy of Linux was in violation of their copyrights, is targeting SGI for their next action. In an open letter from SCO to the Open Source community which broadly accuses the community of coddling those who launched …

For those interested in the logistics of an RIAA lawsuit and how they seek out and find file swappers, there is an article from CNet that does a good job of covering the basics without oversimplifying or going so deep that they get facts wrong.

As the second anniversary of the September 11th attacks looms, the Washington Post has an article about questions being raised by a key piece of legislative fallout, the USA Patriot Act. Those familiar with the act recall that not only does it provide significant new powers for the federal government …

According to an article from Wired, the RIAA (the recording industry's "enforcement arm") is preparing an amnesty program for music pirates. If you have downloaded music and have not already had your information subpoenaed by the RIAA, you can sign an agreement saying that you have deleted your illegal booty …

For those of you wondering about the effects of the DMCA on the availability of information on the Internet, consider the page from Chilling Effects about requests to remove content from Google. For those unfamiliar with Chilling Effects, it is a site dedicated to watching the DMCA and other mechanisms …

I've speculated on this a number of times, but now an article from CNet is talking about Microsoft's moves to integrate "rights management" technology into the Office 2003 product. Microsoft is selling it as an enhancement that allows businesses to determine who will be able to read confidential data, however …