April 23, 2001

Napster licenses acoustic fingerprinting technology to filter songs in order to comply with its injunction.

U.S. District judge refuses to allow chat room users' identity to be revealed: "The law says that a person has a right to speak anonymously."

MPAA hassles ISPs and universities over Gnutella use, sending hundreds of letters warning of violations of the DMCA.

Congressional reports says 60+ federal Web sites violate U.S. privacy rules by tracking browsing and buying habits of Internet users.

Sometimes an apology just isn't enough: American and Chinese crackers from both countries continue to wage private wars on the Internet.

The FBI's not laughing: satire Web site gets a visit from the Feds.