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ElcomSoft not guilty... DVD player talks to PCs... Gateway deals |
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Sylvia Carr Senior Editor, AnchorDesk Wednesday, December 18, 2002 |
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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a controversial law designed to extend copyright protections into the digital age, has been put to the test. A jury found Russian software company ElcomSoft not guilty of four charges relating to the creation of a tool that can crack the antipiracy protections on electronic books. Jurors agreed the product was illegal, but believed ElcomSoft didn't mean to violate the law. The victory is one of the first setbacks for publishers seeking to assert the law against programmers, and attorneys say it bodes ill for future criminal prosecutions under the DMCA--especially since, unlike the civil copyright cases against file-sharing companies such as Napster, this verdict cannot be appealed.
Go to the full story by Lisa M. Bowman.
Interested in viewing your PC's data on your television? It's been tried before, and now it's being tried again by Sonicblue. The consumer-electronics maker has created a DVD player, the Go-Video D2730, which, along with playing DVD movies, allows you to access content on your PC--such as photos, music, and videos--via a wireless connection. The device, to be unveiled at January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, will cost $250 when it goes on sale in the first quarter of 2003. The Go-Video player will connect to your wireless network with an 802.11b Wi-Fi card. It'll also come with software that lets you navigate the content on your PC using your TV's remote control.
Go to the full story by Richard Shim.
Gateway is pulling out all the stops to convince you to buy from it this holiday season, including a trade-in program and a buy-one-get-one-free sale. Under the trade-in program, Gateway will give you a $100 credit toward future purchases if you hand over your old PCs and peripherals. Such tactics are more common among retailers such as CompUSA. In the market for two PCs? Check out this offer: Buy a Gateway 700XL desktop or 600XL notebook and get a free 300S desktop. The catch? The 700XL costs a cool $3,499 and the notebook costs $2,399. The moves are part of Gateway's plan to boost PC sales and return to profitability; CEO Ted Waitt said on Dec. 4 that if sales don't improve, Gateway will have to lower its fourth-quarter outlook.
Go to the full story by John G. Spooner.
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