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S'pore: Illegal movie shipping hub?
News Singapore has had some success in fighting piracy, but it could just be shipping the problem out of the country.
Does Pirate Bay verdict spell trouble for Google?
Insight perspective Pirate Bay outcome could have wide and lasting implications for the likes of Google and YouTube, says legal expert.
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Digital rights management (DRM), Web sites, Google Inc., Napster Inc., Video, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, YouTube Inc., File-sharing
Antitrust concerns linger in Google Books deal
News Opponents of Google Books settlement say the search giant will still have exclusive rights to digitize orphaned out-of-print works.
Tags: Regulations, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., revenue, U.S., U.S. Department Of Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Settlement, antitrust, blog
Secure Digital seeks to dominate flash fray
News Amid falling prices and an inventory glut, yet another flash memory format is trying to rise above an increasingly crowded market.
Amazon: Google Books deal an 'unprecedented' copyright hack
News Perhaps the most strident criticism from a competitor of Google's digital book settlement with publishers and authors was released Wednesday by Amazon.
Tags: E-commerce, Web sites, Content management, Settlement, Class Action, copyright law, Judge, U.S. District Court, U.S. Congress, Sony Corp.
Digital copyright tug o' war
News The European Union wants desperately to transform its 15 member nations into an "information society" capable of not just competing in, but leading the world economy. But IT industry firms say that goal will be impossible to achieve unless the EU's copyright laws are changed.
Closing chapter of Google Books saga near
News Monday's deadline to submit a revised settlement could mark the beginning of the end for the Google Books legal process, after a year of rancorous debate.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Web 2.0, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, copyright law
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
November deadline for new Google Books deal
News Google and books groups hashing out the terms of a revised settlement will have until November 9 to submit a new deal to the judge overseeing the case.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., revenue, Web 2.0, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, Associated Press, New York
Google Books hearing officially delayed
News Pointing out that the settlement scheduled to be discussed on October 7 is being reworked, the judge overseeing the Google Books settlement process agreed to delay the hearing.
Tags: Web 2.0, Conference, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, Judge, U.S. District Court, Web 2.0
Parties seek Google Books hearing delay; new deal brewing
News Google will have to amend its settlement with book publishers and authors after the DOJ objected, and the parties need more time to work out a new deal.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, Class Action, New York, antitrust, Judge, blog, alliance
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
Playing copyright games
Blogs We have just read about game companies asking for boardgames Scrabble and Boggle to be taken down from Facebook, as it i...
More questions than answers on Google Books
News Google insists it has the best of intentions following its settlement with book rights holders, but there is a strong undercurrent of distrust in the publishing community.
Tags: Data Management, Databases, Settlement, Class Action, financial, knowledge, asset, University of California at Berkeley, director, Data Management
Google Books opposition pours in at deadline
News Tuesday is the last day to file statements on Google's Book Search settlement and several groups have gone on record opposing the deal.
Tags: Data Management, Web 2.0, Databases, Web sites, American Civil Liberties Union, Settlement, antitrust, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Judge
