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Author: Tim Lee
By • Nov 20,2005

Sony Music’s spyware

Security researchers recently discovered that digital rights management (DRM) software bundled with some of Sony BMG CDs will, among other things, send information about the user's listening habits back to...

By • Nov 06,2005

Internet tug-o-war

In the battle over control of the Internet, it's not that the U.S. government manages the Internet better than other countries would, it's that it barely manages the Internet at...

By • Oct 09,2005

The recording industry’s new clothes

Copy protection in iTunes and iPods treats honest customers like criminals while locking them into Apple products. So why does the recording industry insist on it?

By • Sep 25,2005

When copying doesn’t violate copyright

Does copyright infringement involve creating an unauthorized copy, or accessing that copy once created? If mere copying is copyright infringement, then Google Print is illegal--and so is the Internet for...

By • Sep 05,2005

Mobile menace?

Does banning cell phones in cars really improve road safety? How about banning chihuahuas?