December 19, 2003
News.Com: Court: RIAA lawsuit strategy illegal.
Overturning a series of decisions in favor of the Recording Industry Association of America, the Washington, D.C., court said copyright law did not allow the organization to issue subpoenas for the identity of file swappers on Internet service providers' networks.
InfoWorld: Dutch Supreme Court rules Kazaa is legal.
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands is the highest European body yet to rule on file-sharing software. In its decision, the court cites international rulings including the 1984 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said device makers, a VCR maker in that case, can't be held liable for user infringement.
EE Times: China's Wi-Fi security stance ruffling feathers.
China's controversial decision to mandate a proprietary encryption scheme for Wi-Fi systems used within its borders has industry groups, chip makers, OEMs and even U.S. government officials scurrying for answers. While China has a history of going its own way on technological standards, few attempts have aroused the ire of this spec.
The Economist: Hard disks go home.
Hard drives are increasingly suitable for use in consumer-electronics devices as they become quieter, cheaper and more robust. Most important of all, they are also getting smaller: some of the biggest potential markets depend on tiny new hard drives that appeared on the market only this year.
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