Did you get a mysterious email from Facebook about a lawsuit? You’re eligible for some money but, alas, chances are the lawyers and privacy groups will keep it instead. Here’s the odds. Read more at GigaOM »
An activist group is trying to block a $22.5 million settlement between the FTC and Google because it doesn’t require the company to admit wrong-doing. The group is making mischief rather than raising a serious policy problem. Read more at GigaOM »
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a major cyber-security bill that would change how companies like Facebook can share personal information. Privacy advocates are in uproar and the Obama Administration is threatening a veto. What’s going on? Read more »
Controversial copyright-enforcer Righthaven continues to fumble in its case against Democratic Underground; a lawsuit that’s already been th… Read more »
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) really wants to put the mistakes it made with Google Buzz behind it, but that’s turning out to be hard to do. The FTC ha… Read more »
An appeals court confirmed today that consumers have a right to re-sell promotional CDs, which could have implications for other copyrighted… Read more »
Righthaven is a company that was formed earlier this year with a novel business model: find websites that have copied newspaper articles wit… Read more »
When a Universal Music Group employee sent a routine notice to a San Francisco Bay Area mother back in 2007 ordering her to take down a grai… Read more »
