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Pirate Bay judge accused of conflict of interest
News The anti-piracy case could go back to the Swedish courts following allegations over the trial judge's links to the copyright-protection industry.
Tags: Piracy, Conflict, Domain Name, Member, radio network, attorney, Norström, intellectual property, Sweden, File-sharing
Pirate Bay trial coming to a close
News Defense attorneys make their final argments, after prosecutors call for jail timefor defendants.
Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, BitTorrent, EMI Group Plc., Google Inc., prosecutor, attorney, Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox
Judge seals courtroom in MPAA DVD-copying case
News DVD Copy Control Association says public should be barred from the courtroom because information about the technology used to encrypt DVDs is a trade secret.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Courtroom, Haiku, U.S. Circuit Court, RealNetworks Inc., attorney, DVD-copying, Marilyn Patel, CSS, DVD
Former Grokster exec pulls out of Pirate Bay acquisition
News Less than two weeks after being hired to obtain legal content for Global Gaming, Wayne Rosso walks away over "strong doubts" about whether a deal can be completed.
Tags: Content management, Grokster Ltd., attorney, Swedish company, movie, payment, founder, licensing deal, CNET Networks Inc., acquisition
Stunned film, music sectors react to Veoh decision
News There's no disputing that a federal court's decision to offer safe-harbor protection for sites such as Veoh is a blow to the entertainment industry. But will it bring change?
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Music, Video, Web 2.0, Web sites, Viacom Inc., Universal Music Group, attorney, entertainment, YouTube Inc.
Accused mastermind of TJX hack to plead guilty
News Florida man charged earlier this month in separate data breach, agrees to plead guilty to charges of hacking into TJ Maxx and other retailers and stealing data.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Hacking, Spam and phishing, attorney, Identity Theft, computer, Miami, debit card, hacking, agreement
Google: Pirate Bay booted off search by mistake
News Site is unavailable on Google's search pages for a while last week, but Google says it was just a mistake. The controversial BitTorrent search engine is being indexed again.
Tags: Web 2.0, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., search engine, TV, attorney, Internet Service, Internet Service Provider, Google Search, Internet
Facebook fights Virginia's demand for user data, photos
News The state of Virginia has abandoned its US$200-a-day-fine aimed at forcing Facebook to divulge the complete contents of a user's account to settle a dispute over workers' compensation, narrowly avoiding a high-profile privacy battle in federal court.
Tags: Web 2.0, Insurance Company, User Data, attorney, Compensation, Virginia, photograph, accident, Facebook, Web 2.0
US state AGs on Google Books settlement: We object
News Five states join opposition to the settlement on the grounds that states, rather than the Books Rights Registry, should be entitled to unclaimed proceeds.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Data Management, U.S. Department Of Justice, attorney, Settlement, Missouri, payment, antitrust, Web 2.0
Oracle sues Qtrax, claims P2P site owes US$1.8M
News Oracle supplied music service with software, but Qtrax's US$1.8 million payment bounced, according to court documents.
Tags: Business applications, attorney, P2P, Northern California, Advertisement, Oracle Corp., database software, California
US Justice Dept defends massive file-swapping fine
News In move that echoes Bush administration arguments, U.S. President Barack Obama's Justice Department says Jammie Thomas' US$1.92 million fine for infringement of 24 songs is constitutional.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Web sites, RIAA, file-swapping, U.S. Department Of Justice, attorney, P2P, Kazaa, Bush Administration, U.S. Congress
DMCA conviction for seller of bogus Microsoft product keys
News A man in his early 20s is likely headed to jail under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act after he circumvents security measures to sell unlicensed Microsoft software.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Copyright, Microsoft Corp., Security, FBI, prosecutor, attorney, software, agent, Los Angeles
US engineer to stand trial in hijacked network
News A network administrator will stand trial for allegedly hijacking the network he designed and maintained for the city of San Francisco.
Tags: Hacking, Authentication and encryption, Child, Fiber, attorney, Superior Court Judge, Network Administrator, Terry Childs, WAN, San Francisco Chronicle
EU objects to browser in Windows
News European regulators say they believe software giant is violating that region's antitrust laws by bundling its Internet Explorer browser in Windows.
Tags: Antitrust, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, attorney, operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, European Commission
Microsoft suit alleges ex-worker stole trade secrets
News Startup CEO is accused of getting hired by Microsoft under false pretenses in order to steal information to use in a patent lawsuit against three Microsoft partners.
Tags: Patents, Lawsuits, Software, Microsoft Corp., Patent, Patent Suit, patent litigation, Lawsuit, attorney, OEM
