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Studios win Sydney piracy victory

The local arms of film and music studios have claimed a victory in their war against copyright offences, with a Sydney man convicted for selling pirated content last week.

Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy?

A San Francisco company is developing chips that use encryption to control which ink cartridges and printers work together.

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Sydney movie, music pirate earns jail time

The Australian arms of the music and film industry have won a victory against piracy with the news that Sydney man Yong Hong Lin has been handed a three-month jail term for selling illegal imported discs from his Eastwood music and movie store.
US Supreme Court rules against file swapping

The US Supreme Court has handed movie studios and record labels a sweeping victory against file swapping, ruling that peer-to-peer companies such as Grokster could be held responsible for the copyright piracy on their networks.
One third of CDs sold globally pirated: report

More than a third of all CDs purchased worldwide are pirated, according to a record label report released this week. Australia, however, has one of the lowest levels of music piracy at less than 10 per cent of all music discs sold.

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