3 months ago, the NET act radically changed how software pirates could be prosecuted in America, removing not-for-profit loopholes that had been written before massive copying of copyrighted material took no more than an ftp client.

3 months later, the NET act has yet to make an appearance. Robert DePew was the most recent victim of the Software Piracy Association's (SPA) assault on copyright infringement. Though DePew's website, which provided visitors with serial numbers and cracks, was specifically mentioned by the SPA during debate before passage of the NET act, DePew was not prosecuted under the terms of the NET act. DePew was never even tried at all, as the case was settled outside of court. In an interview with scenelink, he discusses the experience. more
     
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The biggest warez market in Eastern Europe
While sceners are trading 0 hour files all over the world, Polish customers are purchasing warez cds in downtown Warsaw. A look at the influence many of us never knew we had. more
photos and text by kot


Scenecon #1: honorable intentions
Saturday March 7th was the first SceneCon, a monthly meet organized by nd to bring scene folks face to face, in New Jersey. The con was less than successful. Cgeeee was kind enough to speak about the experience. more


Relativity creates public emag viewer
I have chosen to do this because the emag scene is not what it used to be. more
by MuadDib

FEATURES, monthly articles covering the scene and beyond, 3/9-3/31