Hong Kong Considers Stepped-Up Copyright Enforcement

Hong Kong Considers Stepped-Up Copyright Enforcement: "People who make unauthorised downloads of copyrighted works from the internet could face criminal prosecution under a controversial proposal released yesterday. The idea, revealed by Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology Joseph Wong Wing-ping, was swiftly condemned. Internet users urged fellow users to oppose the proposal, while internet service providers (ISPs) urged all internet users to vocally express their views about the proposal, one of several in a consultation paper. The paper contains a further review of copyright protection issues raised by peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing programs. A government source denied that proposals in the paper were concessions to the demands of copyright holders. Criminalising unauthorised downloading was not the only option."

Hong Kong Considers Stepped-Up Copyright Enforcement

Hong Kong Considers Stepped-Up Copyright Enforcement: "People who make unauthorised downloads of copyrighted works from the internet could face criminal prosecution under a controversial proposal released yesterday. The idea, revealed by Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology Joseph Wong Wing-ping, was swiftly condemned. Internet users urged fellow users to oppose the proposal, while internet service providers (ISPs) urged all internet users to vocally express their views about the proposal, one of several in a consultation paper. The paper contains a further review of copyright protection issues raised by peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing programs. A government source denied that proposals in the paper were concessions to the demands of copyright holders. Criminalising unauthorised downloading was not the only option."

Microsoft provides Vista Kernel APIs to security application developers

Microsoft provides Vista Kernel APIs to security application developers: "Microsoft has finally released draft APIs to security application developers which had earlier criticized the company of partiality. Considering, Microsoft itself now develop security products for their own operating systems, companies like Symantec and McAfee complained that they were not being provided enough technology to develop quality products for the Vista operating system. Ben Fathi, Microsoft?s Windows security chief spoke about these latest releases: ?We are delivering the first draft set of these new APIs for Windows Vista have been designed to help security and non-security ISVs develop software that extends the functionality of the Windows kernel on 64-bit systems, in a documented and supported manner, and without disabling or weakening the protection offered by Kernel Patch Protection.?"