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Protection for Amazon’s Kindle hacked

4 January 2010 | Mark Weston

The digital rights management software for Amazon’s Kindle has been hacked. Kindle is a platform developed by Amazon for displaying e-books. The hack attack means that e-books stored on the reader can...

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Law firm criticised for tactics in sending thousands of letters to alleged copyright infringers

14 December 2009 | Mark Weston

A law firm which is sending letters to thousands of alleged illegal peer-to-peer file-sharers has been accused of scattergun tactics which affect many innocent Internet users. Which?, the consumer group,...

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Government goes for illegal P2P file-sharers with Digital Economy Bill…

2 December 2009 | Mark Weston

The Government has introduced its Digital Economy Bill in the Queen’s Speech.  Amongst the changes to the law to be introduced by the Bill are provisions that could see illegal peer-to-peer file-sharers...

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Man sentenced to three years in jail for selling pirated software on eBay…

18 November 2009 | Paul Gershlick

A man has been sentenced to three years in jail for selling pirated software on eBay, the popular auction site. The US court also ordered Gregory Fair to pay Adobe Systems US$740,000. Undercover investigators...

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