The widespread adoption of new technologies has created new opportunities for fraud that any Internet user is susceptible to, a situation made worse by ignorance about the issue, according to a new study released this week.
Napster Inc., the MP3-trading company already under heavy fire from the Recording Industry Association of America Inc. and its member record labels, is being sued yet again, this time by two new parties: EMusic Inc. and the producers of the Grammy Awards.
The Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Napster Inc. infringes on record company copyrights through the operation of its music file-trading service.
When you send workers home to work, you probably supply a notebook PC, a DSL connection and a phone line or PBX extension. But once they've settled in, do you give much thought to the home network gear they might also buy?