Lawsuit Over Cablevision DVR PLans Could Change Copyright Law
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India To Be A Complete Digital Nation By 2015
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House Panel Blocks Adding Broadband Fee on Content Companies
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TV Networks Sue Cablevision
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RIAA Sues XM Over Handheld Player/Recorder
The RIAA is suing XM Satellite radio over the company’s refusal to pay another set of license fees for storage of music on portable devices.… Read more »
AOL UnCut Video: Contractor Will Scan New User-Gen Site For Illegal,Offensive Content
AOL has quietly entered the user-gen video realm with the soft launch of UnCut Video beta, powered by VideoEgg. Tag line: “See it. Shoot it.… Read more »
Court Case Centers On Use Of Players’ Names; Could Scorch Fantasy Leagues
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Creative Suing Apple; Claims Violation of “Zen” Patent
Skunked in retail, Singapore-based Creative Technology Ltd. is going after Apple in U.S. District Court for what it claims are “willful” pat… Read more »
UK Copyright Laws Unfit For Society; Fair Use Clause Needed
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UK’s copyright laws, which do not allow CD/DVDs to be copied onto portable/MP3 players, have been deemed unfit for modern society, by the Na… Read more »
Personal Media Use To Not Remain Illegal in Australia
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RealNetworks’ Streaming Media Patent: A Cause for Concern?
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The general consensus is: yes and no…in other words, not yet, but could be. RealNetworks got a broad streaming media patent approved last… Read more »
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New TRAI Chief Supports Wireless Tech Instead Of Last Mile Unbundling
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RealNetworks Gets Streaming Patent; May Give It a Competitive Edge
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First it was Acacia, would RNWK follow the litigation route? Unlikely that it will be heavy handed, but anyway: RealNetworks has received a… Read more »
Widevine Gets $16 Million, From Cisco & Telus
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Widevine, a video DRM firm has received $16 million from several investors, including network equipment maker Cisco Systems. Thecompany’s en… Read more »
RealNetworks Wins Patent Suit Over Ethos
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RealNetworks has prevailed in a $200 million patent infringement lawsuit originally brought against it by Ethos Technologies in 2002.
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WorldSpace’s Plans For Mobile Radio Opposed
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Taxing Downloads: 15 U.S. States Now Do It
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A News.com story/analysis shows that 15 states and the District of Columbia now tax downloads of music, movies and electronic books. Some hi… Read more »
TiVo Gets $73 Million Patent Win Against Echostar
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“There Are Many Issues To Be Sorted Out In Mobile Content Industry:” Vishal Gondal
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Vishal Gondal, Founder of Indiagames, is also the head of the recently formed mobile value added services taskforce of Confederation of Indi… Read more »
India’s Planning Commission Sets Up 17-Member Body To Study TV Digitisation
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This is interesting. India’s Planning Commission, a policy advisory body, was almost losing its relevance. Ever since India embarked on econ… Read more »
Netflix Sues Blockbuster For Online Patent Infringement; Asks Closure
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