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Russian Programmer Testifies in E-Book Copyright Trial
The long-awaited live testimony of Dmitry Sklyarov finally got under way in the ElcomSoft trial, when the Russian programmer took the stand for the defense. ElcomSoft, a software company based in Russia, is charged with five counts of offering and marketing software designed to crack Adobe's eBooks, actions prosecutors say violate digital copyright laws. U.K. to Grant Anonymity to Business Victims of Cyber Crimes
Britain's top digital crime-fighting force said it is prepared to grant businesses victimized by digital attacks full anonymity if they come forward, an effort to jumpstart investigations into the growing wave of cyber crime. Fearing a dent in their corporate reputation and loss of customers, businesses are typically reluctant to report such crimes, leaving police at a disadvantage. Software Company Denies Funding Terrorist Organizations
Ptech Inc., the small software firm raided by U.S. agents last week, condemned any suggestion it has funded terrorist organizations or activities. Ptech, of Quincy, Massachusetts, whose consulting software is used by several U.S. government agencies, confirmed that its business records are being reviewed by various federal agencies as part of a financial investigation. Teenager Pleads Not Guilty to Hacking Charges in Norway
A Norwegian teen-ager pleaded innocent to breaking data security laws in the first day of a trial over a program that unlocks the security codes of DVDs. Jon Lech Johansen was 15 when he wrote and distributed without charge on the Internet a program that unlocked copy-protected DVDs, giving Hollywood nightmares and making him a folk hero among hackers. Australian Court Lets Online Defamation Case Proceed
Australia's highest court ruled that a defamation case sparked by a story on a U.S Web site could be heard in Australia, opening a legal minefield for Web publishers over which libel laws they must follow. The landmark ruling that an article published by Dow Jones was subject to Australian law -- because it was downloaded in Australia -- is being watched by media firms as it could set a precedent for other cases. Chinese Student Arrested for Critical Essays Online
A 22-year-old Beijing university student has been arrested after posting essays on the Internet criticizing the Communist party's control over society and urging Chinese people to live as "free people," her family and a rights group said. Liu Di, a psychology student at Beijing Normal University, was arrested on campus on Nov. 7, the day before the party began its 16th Party Congress, her grandmother and the New York-based China Labor Watch said. Company Focuses on Legal Uses for Peer-to-Peer Technology
Content delivery start-up Kontiki said that it has expanded the scope of its peer-to-peer content delivery technology, aiming at companies with heavy in-house video or file transfer needs. The company's software technology already lets corporations distribute big files around its network, storing and delivering them using regular computers' unused disk space and network connections. |
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