Facebook And Timelines.com Propose 2013 Trial, Hint At Settlement
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Facebook remains locked in a legal dispute with a Chicago website over who owns the word “timeline,” the name used by the social network to… Read more »
Publisher Says No Duty To Reveal Grooveshark Source, Law Unclear
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Can a music site sue to find out which of its employees used a blog post to accuse the company of piracy? The blog’s publisher says the anon… Read more »
Leaders In House And Senate Postpone Anti-Piracy Efforts
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The push for controversial legislation known as SOPA and PIPA appears to have unraveled completely after leaders in both the House and Senat… Read more »
Europe Says It Won’t Adopt ‘Bad’ Digital Policy Like SOPA
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Don’t expect the European Commission to introduce its own version of America’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Read more »
SOPA Blackout, Anonymous-Style: FBI, DOJ Sites Downed In Megaupload Protest
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A day after the SOPA protest on the web, the hacker group Anonymous has taken the blackout theme to a whole new level: in retaliation for th… Read more »
Updated: Day After Piracy Bill Collapses, Feds Shut Down Megaupload
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The FBI today unsealed an indictment that charges file-sharing site Megaupload and its executives with a list of criminal charges, including… Read more »
Updated: App Maker Uses GPS Patent To Sue Zillow, Trulia
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After suing media site TechCrunch in 2008 over a controversial GPS patent, Chicago-based Earthcomber is at it again. This time it’s accusing… Read more »
News Corp Settles Hack Claims On Basis Execs Lied And Destroyed Evidence
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News Corp could be laden with a multi-million pound UK compensation bill after agreeing to settle claims on the basis its executives tried t… Read more »
Update: Motricity Restructures: Closes Asia Ops, Will Focus On Mobile Ads
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More woe for beleagured mobile services company Motricity: the company today announced that it is restructuring operations, pulling back fro… Read more »
Video: Clay Shirky On Why SOPA Is A Bad Idea
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Want the short course on why SOPA is getting such blowback? Clay Shirky breaks it down in this 13-minute talk at the TED offices, explaining… Read more »
Tech Industry Breaks Back Of SOPA As Republicans Jump Ship On Black-out Day
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The furor over controversial anti-piracy legislation reached a climax on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers began disavowing the Stop Online… Read more »
Supreme Court: 'Peter and the Wolf' Can Be Removed From Public Domain
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In a setback for educators and orchestras, the Supreme Court this morning ruled that Congress can place works under copyright that were once… Read more »
Ron Paul Campaign Sues To Stop Unauthorized Web Videos
In an unusual move, the campaign team for Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul has filed a trademark and defamation lawsuit against fo… Read more »
Why Amazon's Plagiarism Problem Is More Than A Public Relations Issue
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Plagiarized editions for sale in Amazon’s Kindle store show how the company is still adapting to the world of original content creation. At… Read more »
Update: Wikipedia Is Dark, But Mobile Site/Apps Stay Bright In SOPA Protest
A small loophole for Wikipedia’s SOPA and PIPA protest, in which the English-language version of the site has gone dark for 24 hours: the mo… Read more »
Google Finds Way To Get On SOPA Soap Box Without Going Dark
Instead of blacking out for the Jan. 18 SOPA protest, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) instead is using its power — and its most iconic communications t… Read more »
YouTube Fails To Convince Ad Regulator The Web Safeguards Kids Like TV Does
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Two contrary advertising watchdog rulings against the same movie company highlight how video advertising to children is handled differently… Read more »
Amazon Hit With Class Action Over Zappos Data Breach
Shoe retailer Zappos is facing a national class action suit one day after it warned customers that its servers had been hacked. Read more »
SOPA Rep Blasts Wikipedia Blackout, Says Law To Go Forward In Feb.
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Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tx), who is leading a push to pass a controversial anti-piracy bill, issued a statement today scolding Wikipedia over it… Read more »
Microsoft SkyDrive 'Confuses Naked With Nude', Art Account Frozen
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has an image police – but an arrest they have made may be mistaken. A blogger using its SkyDrive cloud storage servic… Read more »
Wikipedia Homepage Confirms Site Will Go Black For 24 Hours
Wikipedia formally announced Monday night that the site will “go dark” this week to protest proposed anti-piracy legislation. The online enc… Read more »
paidContent Book Review: How To Fix Copyright
Copyright law can be a dry and wonky subject. Yet it often triggers the raw emotions that come with a debate over immigration policy or Tim… Read more »
Wikipedia Shutting Down For 24 Hours To Protest SOPA Piracy Bill
Capping a flurry of recent developments in the fuss over the Stop Online Piracy Act, Wikipedia’s founder said the site will go dark for 24 h… Read more »
Illegal Books Available For Free On Google's Android Market
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Dozens of commercial book collections, including the entire Harry Potter series, have been downloaded for free from Google’s official Androi… Read more »
Motorola Wins A Round In Mobile Patent War Against Apple
Chalk one up for Motorola (NYSE: MMI) and Android: the International Trade Commission has determined that it doesn’t violate any of the pate… Read more »
eBay, Auction Houses Say California Art Law Is Unconstitutional
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Art sellers are challenging a California law that forces them to collect a five percent royalty fee every time a piece of art is resold. The… Read more »
Rep. Lamar Smith Says He Will Remove Controversial SOPA Item
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In a late Friday press release, the Congressman leading the much-maligned Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) said he would remove a key part of t… Read more »
New Law Lets Canadians Blog And Tweet Election Results
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Bowing to the reality of modern technology, Canada today said it is changing a 1938 law that forbids broadcasting election results before po… Read more »
TV Piracy Links Site Host Faces Extradition To U.S.
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An English student who set up a website comprising links to illegally-hosted TV shows and movies must be extradited to the U.S. to face char… Read more »
Has RIM Hired Goldman Sachs To Explore A Merger Or Sale?
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BlackBerry maker RIM’s official line has been that it is not for sale, but this week, persistent rumors that it could get bought anyway got… Read more »
Updated: 'Mortified' Google To Act On Those Who Poached Rival's Clients
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has “apologised unreservedly” after its Kenyan outfit poached customers from a rival business directory by systematicall… Read more »
Yee-ha! Domain Name Cash Grab Officially Under Way
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It’s a wonder they pulled this off. An obscure agency and a number of its former officials are about to get rich by selling new internet nam… Read more »
Microsoft Nabs Another Android Patent Licensee With LG Deal
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More than two-thirds of the Android phones sold on the U.S. market are now contributing to Microsoft’s bottom line. The company signed yet a… Read more »
Copyright Sage Bill Patry On What Content Owners Should Do Now
I had the pleasure of sitting down this week with Bill Patry, one of the country’s top copyright scholars and a leading thinker on digital r… Read more »
Let's Try This Again: UK Regulator Revises 4G Auction Terms For Q4 2012
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While some operators in some countries (like the U.S. and Japan) have already celebrated birthdays for their LTE services, 4G in the UK hasn… Read more »
Hollywood Lambasts Sky Movies Ruling, But Open Access Gains Favour
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Six Hollywood studios have urged the UK’s competition watchdog to throw out its assertion their Sky Movies deals are anti-competitive. But s… Read more »
Is It Legal For Google To Shut Competitors Out Of Social Search?
Twitter and some pundits are crying foul over Google’s decision to exclude certain competitors from its new search and social networking hyb… Read more »
Ailing Kodak Files Patent Suits Against Apple And HTC
Eastman Kodak announced late Tuesday that it was suing Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and HTC for allegedly infringing four of its imagining patents. Th… Read more »
F-bombs And Bare Bottoms At The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear today whether the FCC can punish broadcast networks for airing one-off cuss words and an actress’s derriere. The… Read more »
Piracy Much Higher Than Freeloaders Confess To, Ofcom Told
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Illegal downloading of copyrighted content is up to twice as prevalent as perpetrators admit, according to research that will inform how Ofc… Read more »
