April 25, 2003

Judge: File-swapping tools are legal CNet News.com - A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a stunning court victory to file-swapping services Streamcast Networks and Grokster, dismissing much of the record industry and movie studios' lawsuit against the two companies. 2:43:23 PM

Iraq war, SARS are temporary shocks: WB.  Describing the impacts of Iraq war and SARS as "temporary shocks," the World Bank has said the removal of sanctions, rising oil production and the reconstruction boom in Iraq could create valuable ... 12:27:51 PM

DirecTV mole to plead guilty The Register - A 19-year-old University of Chicago student accused of leaking the secrets of DirectTV's most advanced anti-piracy technology to hacker websites has agreed to plead guilty to violating the rarely used 1996 Economic Espionage Act. 12:25:29 PM

Verizon Must Reveal Names of Suspected Pirates Internetnews.com - U.S. District Court Judge John Bates ruled Thursday Verizon must reveal the names of two Internet customers the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) claims have illegally downloaded hundreds of copyrighted songs from the Web. Bates also issued a temporary stay to allow the U.S. Court of Appeals time to consider the issue of a stay. 12:24:28 PM