ASPEN, Colo.–Electronics manufacturers and some Internet providers are mounting a counterattack to a copyright bill …

Microsoft is expected to enter the online song store market this week, which should put the software giant head-to-head with Apple Computer in the music business at last. The launch of Microsoft’s iTunes rival will be timed along with the beta release of Microsoft’s new Windows Media Player 10, expected on Thursday, sources say. The store will also be in …

Popular file-trading networks such as Kazaa and Morpheus would be outlawed under a new bill that enjoys broad support from top Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate. Their legislation says “whoever intentionally induces any violation” of copyright law would be legally liable for those violations, a prohibition that would effectively ban file-swapping networks and could also imperil some consumer …