In the 2020s we’re used to software being readily accessible, and often free, whether as-in-beer or as-in-speech. This situation is a surprisingly new one, and in an earlier era of consumer software ...

Mark Russinovich couldn’t understand how the rootkit had sneaked onto his system. An expert on the internals of the Windows operating system, he is careful when it comes to computer security and ...

Following the issues with the iLok system, how should our licenses be managed? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Most of us ...

After two weeks of relentless criticism over its XCP copy protection software, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is pulling CDs that contain the software from store shelves. The company is also planning to ...

An attempt by UK broadcasters to add “copy protection” capabilities to the forthcoming high-definition version of Freeview has caused an outcry among opponents of digital rights management technology.

Sony BMG, yielding to consumer concern, said on Wednesday (Nov. 16) it was recalling music CDs containing copy-protection software that acts like virus software and hides deep inside a computer. By ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the world's second largest music company, will this month become the last of the big four majors to drop copy protection software on music downloads, ...

30 March 2002 A controversial copyright protection bill in the US could damage the development of open source software, according to opponents of the proposed legislation. A central plank of the bill ...

Sony's settlement over the rootkit fiasco represents a blueprint for legislative action, argues law professor Michael Geist. The Sony Rootkit controversy, in which the world's second largest record ...

Home taping is killing music. This slogan adorned record sleeves when the music industry thought the audio cassette was going to crash market. Of course, home taping did nothing of the sort. Since ...